FIG. 3.
Signal transduction pathways leading to DNA repair and checkpoint induction by PARP-1 and Atm. PARP-1 is activated by breaks in DNA and is likely to recruit XRCC1 and the BER complex on the site of the lesion, allowing efficient DNA repair and cell cycle progression. ATM, a DNA double-stranded break enzyme, phosphorylates p53 specifically to selectively induce G1 arrest via p21 transcription.