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. 2008 Aug 8;31(3):303-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.07.004.

ATM breaks into heterochromatin

Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo  1 , André Nussenzweig
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ATM breaks into heterochromatin

Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo et al. Mol Cell. .
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Abstract

Heterochromatin is refractory to DNA transactions, including repair. In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Goodarzi et al. (2008) reveal how the central transducing kinase of the DNA damage response relieves this natural barrier by increasing heterochromatic DNA accessibility.

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