Confocal fluorescence microscopy and laser micro-irradiation offer tools for inducing DNA damage and monitoring the response of DNA repair proteins in selected sub-nuclear areas. This technique has significantly advanced our knowledge of damage detection, signaling, and recruitment. This manuscript demonstrates these technologies to examine single and double strand break repair.
Holton, N. W., Andrews, J. F., Gassman, N. R. Application of Laser Micro-irradiation for Examination of Single and Double Strand Break Repair in Mammalian Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (127), e56265, doi:10.3791/56265 (2017).