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The expanding arena of DNA repair

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The protein Sae2 mediates the repair of double-strand breaks in DNA. It emerges that Sae2 activity is controlled by both its modification with acetyl groups and its degradation by the process of autophagy. See Article p.74

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Figure 1: Possible role of Sae2 in DNA-damage repair1.

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Potenski, C., Klein, H. The expanding arena of DNA repair. Nature 471, 48–49 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471048a

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