A new method for high-resolution imaging of Ku foci to decipher mechanisms of DNA double-strand break repair

A combination of RNase- and detergent-based preextraction with high-resolution microscopy allows the detection of Ku and other DNA repair proteins at single double-strand breaks in cells.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Cell Biology

• Publication date

  2013-08-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1083/jcb.201303073PMID 23897892PMCID 3734090
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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