Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases Safeguard Meiosis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi and Wang et al. found that apurinic/apyrimidinic endonucleases play essential roles in somatic and meiotic DNA repair.
By Jinchao Li1 and Cong Wang2
1State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
2College…
The developmental importance of the DNA damage response in plants
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. found that SOG1, a functional homolog of mammalian p53, protects radicle growth when seeds accumulate DNA damage.
By Jinchao Li and Weiqiang Qian, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Background:…