TY - JOUR AU - Daee, Danielle L. AU - Myung, Kyungjae PY - 2012 DA - 2012/10/12 TI - Fanconi-like crosslink repair in yeast JO - Genome Integrity SP - 7 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - Interstrand crosslinks covalently link complementary DNA strands, block replication and transcription, and can trigger cell death. In eukaryotic systems several pathways, including the Fanconi Anemia pathway, are involved in repairing interstrand crosslinks, but their precise mechanisms remain enigmatic. The lack of functional homologs in simpler model organisms has significantly hampered progress in this field. Two recent studies have finally identified a Fanconi-like interstrand crosslink repair pathway in yeast. Future studies in this simplistic model organism promise to greatly improve our basic understanding of complex interstrand crosslink repair pathways like the Fanconi pathway. SN - 2041-9414 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-9414-3-7 DO - 10.1186/2041-9414-3-7 ID - Daee2012 ER -