Microhomology-mediated end joining acts directly on replication forks to repair single-ended double strand breaks
Shibo Li, Yuqin Zhao, Youhang Li, Sameer Bikram Shah, Yanmeng Shi, Tran Nguyen, Zi Wang, Chia-Yu Chang, Anagh Ray, Te-Hsuan Bu, Salvatore Loguercio, Takayo Sasaki, Jonathan Sussman, Hao Wang, David M. Gilbert, , Xiaohua Wu
This study shows that microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) repairs single-ended DSBs at replication forks, working with BIR and being regulated by ATR and Pol{theta}.
Molecular Cell · Mar 16, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology