CHK2-mediated regulation of PARP1 in oxidative DNA damage response.

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is a DNA damage sensor, which upon activation, recruits downstream proteins by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PARylation). However, it remains largely unclear how PARP1 activity is regulated. Interestingly, the data obtained through this study revealed that PARP1 was co-immunoprecipitated with checkpoint kinase 2 (CHK2), and the interaction was increased after oxidative DNA damage.

p53 acts as a co-repressor to regulate keratin 14 expression during epidermal cell differentiation.

During epidermal cell differentiation, keratin 14 (K14) expression is down-regulated, p53 expression varies, and the expression of the p53 target genes, p21 and 14-3-3σ, increases. These trends suggest that the relative transcriptional activity of p53 is increased during epidermal cell differentiation. To determine the relationship between K14 and p53, we constructed K14 promoters of various sizes and found that wild-type p53 could repress the promoter activity of all of the K14 promoter constructs in H1299 cells.

Rare rearrangements: a "jumping satellite" in one family and autosomal location of the SRY gene in an XX male.

A satellited short arm of the Y chromosome (Yps) is rare. Only one de novo case of Yps has been documented. Here we report the prenatal diagnosis of Yps in a male fetus with a karyotype, 46,XYps.

Complex genomic organization of Indian muntjac centromeric DNA.

A 69-kb Indian muntjac bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone that screened positive for Cervid satellites I and IV was selected for complete sequence analysis and further characterization. The sequences of this BAC clone were found in the centromeres and in some interstitial sites of Indian muntjac chromosomes. Sequence analyses showed that the BAC clone contained a 14.