Molecular Basis for DNA Double-Strand Break Annealing and Primer Extension by an NHEJ DNA Polymerase.
Brissett, N.C., Martin, M.J., Bartlett, E.J., Bianchi, J., Blanco, L., Doherty, A.J.(2013) Cell Rep 5: 1108-1120
- PubMed: 24239356 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.016
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4MKY - PubMed Abstract: 
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) is one of the major DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathways. The mechanisms by which breaks are competently brought together and extended during NHEJ is poorly understood. As polymerases extend DNA in a 5'-3' direction by nucleotide addition to a primer, it is unclear how NHEJ polymerases fill in break termini containing 3' overhangs that lack a primer strand ...