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SUBMITTER: El Ghamrasni S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3098187 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
El Ghamrasni Samah S Pamidi Ashwin A Halaby Marie Jo MJ Bohgaki Miyuki M Cardoso Renato R Li Li L Venkatesan Shriram S Sethu Swaminathan S Hirao Atsushi A Mak Tak W TW Hande Manoor Prakash MP Hakem Anne A Hakem Razqallah R
PLoS genetics 20110519 5
Chk2 is an effector kinase important for the activation of cell cycle checkpoints, p53, and apoptosis in response to DNA damage. Mus81 is required for the restart of stalled replication forks and for genomic integrity. Mus81(Δex3-4/Δex3-4) mice have increased cancer susceptibility that is exacerbated by p53 inactivation. In this study, we demonstrate that Chk2 inactivation impairs the development of Mus81(Δex3-4/Δex3-4) lymphoid cells in a cell-autonomous manner. Importantly, in contrast to its ...[more]