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Interestingly, the protein level of CtIP, a DSB processing factor, was decreased in <jats:italic>AQR</jats:italic>-knockdown cells. Exogenous expression of Aquarius partially restored CtIP protein level; however, CtIP overproduction did not rescue defective HR in <jats:italic>AQR</jats:italic>-knockdown cells. In accordance with these data, Aquarius depletion sensitized cells to genotoxic agents. We propose that Aquarius contributes to the maintenance of genomic stability via regulation of HR by CtIP-dependent and -independent pathways.</jats:p>","journal":"Scientific Reports","year":2017,"id":41961,"datarank":1.415620772458933,"base_score":3.8501476017100584,"endowment":3.8501476017100584,"self_citation_contribution":0.5775221402565088,"citation_network_contribution":0.838098632202424,"self_endowment_contribution":0.5775221402565088,"citer_contribution":0.838098632202424,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":46,"citer_count":42,"citers_with_citation_signal":32,"citers_with_endowment":32,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":55.0,"fair_percentile":80.29903254177661,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":201455,"name":"Mayu 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