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Mol Cell Biol. 1986 December; 6(12): 4295-4304

Nonhomologous recombination in mammalian cells: role for short sequence homologies in the joining reaction.

ABSTRACT

Although DNA breakage and reunion in nonhomologous recombination are poorly understood, previous work suggests that short sequence homologies may play a role in the end-joining step in mammalian cells. To study the mechanism of end joining in more detail, we inserted a polylinker into the simian virus 40 T-antigen intron, cleaved the polylinker with different pairs of restriction enzymes, and transfected the resulting linear molecules into monkey cells. Analysis of 199 independent junctional sequences from seven constructs with different mismatched ends indicates that single-stranded extensions are relatively stable in monkey cells and that the terminal few nucleotides are critical for cell-mediated end joining. Furthermore, these studies define three mechanisms for end joining: single-strand, template-directed, and postrepair ligations. The latter two mechanisms depend on homologous pairing of one to six complementary bases to position the junction. All three mechanisms operate with similar overall efficiencies. The relevance of this work to targeted integration in mammalian cells is discussed.

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