DNA Damage and Repair

"...serves as a comprehensive introduction to the eukaryotic repair field. The book will be of particular value to researchers who are newly entering the field, especially molecular biologists who wish to gain a broader historical, biological and medical perspective...this book was in high demand by my laboratory as soon as the review copy arrived. By this test, it will be a worthwhile addition to the personal library of investigators with research interests in the area of DNA repair."-The Quarterly review of Biology

• 1 Overview.- 2 DNA Photolyases.- 3 Cellular Responses to Methylation Damage.- 4 Exogenous Carcinogen-DNA Adducts and Their Repair in Mammalian Cells.- 5 Nature of Lesions Formed by Ionizing Radiation.- 6 Mammalian Enzymes for Preventing Mutations Caused by Oxidation of Guanine Nucleotides.- 7 Biochemistry of Mammalian DNA Mismatch Repair.- 8 Short Patch Mismatch Repair in Mammalian Cells.- 9 Role of HMG and Other Proteins in Recognition of Cisplatin DNA Damage.- 10 TFIIH: A Transcription Factor Involved in DNA Repair and Cell-Cycle Regulation.- 11 DNA Polymerase Involvement in DNA Repair.- 12 Cellular Functions of Mammalian DNA Ligases.- 13 Modulations in Chromatin Structure During DNA Damage Formation and DNA Repair.- 14 Transcriptional Responses to Damage Created by Ionizing Radiation: Molecular Sensors.- 15 Posttranslational Mechanisms Leading to Mammalian Gene Activation in Response to Genotoxic Stress.- 16 Mechanisms for DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Eukaryotes.- 17 Mutant Rodent Cells Defective in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair.- 18 Nucleotide Excision Repair: Its Relation to Human Disease.- 19 Cellular Responses to DNA Damage and the Human Chromosome Instability Syndromes.- 20 Genetics of Mismatch Repair, Microsatellite Instability, and Cancer.- 21 Mammalian Cell-Cycle Responses to DNA-Damaging Agents.- 22 Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Response to DNA Damage.- 23 DNA Topoisomerases in DNA Repair and DNA Damage Tolerance.- 24 Molecular Approaches for Detecting DNA Damage.- 25 Radiation-Induced Damage and the Formation of Chromosomal Aberrations.- 26 Whole Organism Responses to DNA Damage: Modulation by Cytokines of Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation.- 27 DNA Damage and Repair in the Clinic.