Figure 1.

Overview of DNA damage-specific repair pathways. DNA repair mechanisms that are discussed in this review are summarized in this illustration: homologous recombination (HR), non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER), mismatch repair (MMR) and translesion synthesis (TLS). In the inner circle the type of lesion is named and illustrated in the middle circle. In the outer circle major proteins that act during the repair pathway are listed. Figure was created using BioRender.com.