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In mammalian cells, DSB recognition requires phosphorylation of histone H2AX and processing of DNA ends may involve one of several factors, which include aprataxin and polynucleotide kinase (Chappell et al. Keywords:Adenovirus, Non-homologous end joining, XRCC4, Ligase IV, E4 34k, E4orf6, E1B 55k == Introduction == DNA damage occurs in all living cells either as a result of environmental insults or normal metabolic processes and presents a major threat to the integrity of the genome. In particular, DNA doublestrand breaks (DSBs) can lead to genetic rearrangements that promote tumor formation. Eukaryotic cells repair DSBs by two mechanisms: homologous recombination, which is…