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NATURE REVIEWS CANCER
Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 542-558Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3560
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- Intramural Research Program of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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Helicases have major roles in genome maintenance by unwinding structured nucleic acids. Their prominence is marked by various cancers and genetic disorders that are linked to helicase defects. Although considerable effort has been made to understand the functions of DNA helicases that are important for genomic stability and cellular homeostasis, the complexity of the DNA damage response leaves us with unanswered questions regarding how helicase-dependent DNA repair pathways are regulated and coordinated with cell cycle checkpoints. Further studies may open the door to targeting helicases in order to improve cancer treatments based on DNA-damaging chemotherapy or radiation.
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