Meet the editor

Dr. Maddalena Mognato is a researcher in cell biology at the Department of Biology, University of Padova (Italy). She obtained a master's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Padova in 1996 and received her PhD in Environmental Medicine in 2001. Her research activity is focused on cytotoxic and genotoxic effects induced by physical and chemical agents in human and mammalian cells, both primary and established. Her

research is mainly focused on the DNA-damage response signaling pathway, in particular on the repair of radio-induced DNA double-strand breaks and on gene expression modulation mediated by microRNAs. Her research activity is documented in international peer-reviewed articles and numerous abstracts in international and national congresses. Since 2007, she has held courses for the students of molecular biology at the University of Padova.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Maddalena Mognato*

*by Nina Moor and Olga Lavrik*

*by Michael Fasullo*

**Section 3**

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

DNA Repair Protein Interactions **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 53**

Epigenetics Insight **83**

**Chapter 5 85**

**Chapter 6 105**

**Chapter 7 127**

The Role of DNA Repair and the Epigenetic Markers Left after Repair in

Coordination of DNA Base Excision Repair by Protein-Protein Interactions

Mitochondrial Genome Maintenance: Damage and Repair Pathways

*by Ulises Omar García-Lepe and Rosa Ma Bermúdez-Cruz*

Cellular Responses to Aflatoxin-Associated DNA Adducts

Epigenetics: Dissecting Gene Expression Alteration in PDAC

Neurologic Functions, Including Memory and Learning

Regulation of Oxidized Base Repair in Human Chromatin by

*by Shiladitya Sengupta, Chunying Yang, Bradley J. Eckelmann,* 

*by Alia Abukiwan and Martin R. Berger*

*by Carol Bernstein and Harris Bernstein*

*Muralidhar L. Hegde and Sankar Mitra*

Posttranslational Modification

Introductory Chapter: DNA Repair in Human Cells - A Daily Challenge
