Contents

#### **Preface** XIII


Contents VII

Chapter 20 **From Seed to Tree: The Functioning** 

**Part 3 Mechanisms of DNA Repair 399**

Chapter 22 **ATP-Binding Cassette Properties of** 

Sergey Korolev

Kaoru Sugasawa

Tytti Sarjala and Hely Häggman

**and Evolution of DNA Repair in Plants 383**  Jaana Vuosku, Marko Suokas, Johanna Kestilä,

Chapter 21 **The Gratuitous Repair on Undamaged DNA Misfold 401** 

**Recombination Mediator Protein RecF 431** 

Chapter 24 **DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Through Non-Homologous** 

Radhika Pankaj Kamdar and Yoshihisa Matsumoto

Chapter 25 **DNA Repair Capacity-Related to Genetic Polymorphisms of** 

**Carcinoma Among Chinese Population 505**  Xi-Dai Long, Jin-Guang Yao, Zhi Zeng, Cen-Han Huang,

Pinhu Liao, Zan-Song Huang, Yong-Zhi Huang, Fu-Zhi Ban, Xiao-Yin Huang, Li-Min Yao,

**Repair Genes and Cancer Susceptibility 525** 

Chapter 27 **Polymorphisms in Nucleotide Excision Repair Genes and** 

**Genes and Neurodegenerative Diseases 567** 

Chapter 29 **Characterization of 5'-Flanking Regions of Various Human Telomere Maintenance Factor-Encoding Genes 585**  Fumiaki Uchiumi, Takahiro Oyama, Kensuke Ozaki

Rikke Dalgaard Hansen and Ulla Vogel

Chapter 28 **Variants and Polymorphisms of DNA Repair** 

**Part 5 Telomeres and DNA Repair 583**

and Sei-ichi Tanuma

**Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review 539**

Chapter 23 **DNA Damage Recognition for Mammalian Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair 453** 

**Part 4 Polymorphism of DNA Repair Genes 503**

Lu-Dan Fan and Guo-Hui Fu

Ravindran Ankathil

Fabio Coppedè

Chapter 26 **Low Penetrance Genetic Variations in DNA** 

Xuefeng Pan, Peng Xiao, Hongqun Li, Dongxu Zhao and Fei Duan

**End-Joining: Recruitment and Assembly of the Players 477**

**DNA Repair Genes and Aflatoxin B1-Related Hepatocellular** 


#### **Part 2 Evolution of DNA Repair 355**

Chapter 19 **Meiosis as an Evolutionary Adaptation for DNA Repair 357**  Harris Bernstein, Carol Bernstein and Richard E. Michod

	- **Part 3 Mechanisms of DNA Repair 399**

VI Contents

Chapter 8 **The Involvement of E2F1 in the Regulation of** 

Chapter 9 **Posttranslational Modifications of Rad51 Protein and** 

**Survival in Development & Disease 161**

**Chromosome Condensation Process 185** 

Chapter 12 **A DNA Repair Protein BRCA1 as a Potentially Molecular** 

Chapter 13 *Saccharomyces cerevisiae* **as a Model System to Study** 

Kristi L. Jones, Ling Zhang and Feng Gong

**and Response in Male Germ Cells 305** 

Audrey Carrier-Leclerc and Mélina Arguin

Chapter 18 **Roles of MicroRNA in DNA Damage and Repair 341**

Xinrong Chen and Tao Chen

**Part 2 Evolution of DNA Repair 355**

Chapter 17 *BRCA2* **Mutations and Consequences for DNA Repair 327**

Chapter 19 **Meiosis as an Evolutionary Adaptation for DNA Repair 357** Harris Bernstein, Carol Bernstein and Richard E. Michod

**Target for the Anticancer Platinum Drug Cisplatin 205** 

**the Role of Human DDB2 in Chromatin Repair 231** 

Ewa Forma, Magdalena Brys and Wanda M. Krajewska

Guylain Boissonneault, Frédéric Leduc, Geneviève Acteau, Marie-Chantal Grégoire, Olivier Simard, Jessica Leroux,

Lina Dagnino, Randeep Kaur Singh

and David Judah

Dorota Rybaczek

Adisorn Ratanaphan

Inna I. Kruman

Chapter 16 **Post-Meiotic DNA Damage** 

Erika T. Brown

Chapter 14 **Cell Cycle and DNA Damage Response in Postmitotic Neurons 241**

Chapter 15 **TopBP1 in DNA Damage Response 281** 

Chapter 11 **Eidetic Analysis of the Premature** 

Yulin Zhang and Dexi Chen

**XRCC1-Dependent Base Excision DNA Repair 127** 

**Its Direct Partners: Role and Effect on Homologous Recombination – Mediated DNA Repair 143** Milena Popova, Sébastien Henry and Fabrice Fleury

Chapter 10 **Post-Transcriptional Regulation of E2F Transcription Factors: Fine-Tuning DNA Repair, Cell Cycle Progression and** 

	- **Part 4 Polymorphism of DNA Repair Genes 503**
	- **Part 5 Telomeres and DNA Repair 583**

#### Chapter 30 **Roles of DNA Repair Proteins in Telomere Maintenance 597**  Masaru Ueno

**Part 6 Measuring DNA Repair Capacity 613** 

#### Chapter 31 **DNA Repair Measured by the Comet Assay 615**  Amaya Azqueta, Sergey Shaposhnikov and Andrew R. Collins
