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CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 142-144Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.5.2.2530
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histone H2AX; DNA damage; phosphatases; nucleosome remodeling; repair
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA92309] Funding Source: Medline
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Phosphorylation of histone H2AX at Serine 139 is one of the earliest events after DNA damage and is required for the retention of factors involved in repair at the site of the break. Intriguingly, H2AX phosphorylation spreads from the vicinity of the break to both directions spanning large chromosomal regions. Phosphorylated H2AX (also known as gamma-H2AX) then progressively disappears with kinetics that correlates with the completion of DNA repair. Despite intense investigation on the kinases and stimuli involved in gamma-H2AX formation, the mechanism of gamma-H2AX disappearance has remained obscure. Three recent papers shed light on this process and suggest that H2AX may serve as a signaling platform that integrates repair and cell cycle checkpoints.
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