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Nature Cell Biology 8, 870–876 (1 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncb1446

Chromatin relaxation in response to DNA double-strand breaks is modulated by a novel ATM- and KAP-1 dependent pathway

Yael Ziv , Dana Bielopolski , Yaron Galanty , Claudia Lukas , Yoichi Taya , David C. Schultz , Jiri Lukas , Simon Bekker-Jensen , Jiri Bartek & Yosef Shiloh

The cellular DNA-damage response is a signaling network that is vigorously activated by cytotoxic DNA lesions, such as double-strand breaks (DSBs). The DSB response is mobilized by the nuclear protein kinase ATM, which modulates this process by phosphorylating key players in these pathways.