The progeroid phenotype of Ku80 deficiency is dominant over DNA-PKCS deficiency.

Ku80 and DNA-PKCS are both involved in the repair of double strand DNA breaks via the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway. While ku80-/- mice exhibit a severely reduced lifespan and size, this phenotype is less pronounced in dna-pkcs-/- mice. However, these observations are based on independent...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Erwin Reiling, Martijn E T Dollé, Sameh A Youssef, Moonsook Lee, Bhawani Nagarajah, Marianne Roodbergen, Piet de With, Alain de Bruin, Jan H Hoeijmakers, Jan Vijg, Harry van Steeg, Paul Hasty
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3989187?pdf=render