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THE DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a mammalian serine/threonine kinase that is implicated in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks1–4, DNA replication1,5, transcription6–8, and V(D)J recombination9–12. To determine the role of the DNA-binding subunit of DNA-PK in vivo, we targeted Ku80 in mice. In mutant mice, T and B lymphocyte development is arrested at early progenitor stages and there is a profound deficiency in V(D)J rearrangement. Although Ku80–/– mice are viable and reproduce, they are 40–60% of the size of littermate controls. Consistent with this growth defect, fibroblasts derived from Ku80–/– embryos showed an early loss of proliferating cells, a prolonged doubling time, and intact cell-cycle checkpoints that prevented cells with damaged DNA from entering the cell-cycle. The unexpected growth phenotype suggests a new and important link between Ku80 and growth control.
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Nussenzweig, A., Chen, C., da Costa Soares, V. et al. Requirement for Ku80 in growth and immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination. Nature 382, 551–555 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/382551a0
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