Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Dual loss of human POLQ and LIG4 abolishes random integration

  • Shinta Saito,
  • Ryo Maeda,
  • Noritaka Adachi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16112
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Homologous recombination mediated gene targeting is highly inefficient in human cells due to random integration events, Here the authors show that dual repression of polymerase θ and DNA ligase IV eliminate random integration events.