The DNA of mammalian cells can be damaged by various endogenous and exogenous insults, leading, if unrepaired, to genomic instability. Recently it has become apparent that bacterial pathogens can be a source of genomic instability, owing to their combined capacity to incur DNA damage and to interfere with DNA repair pathways.
- Cindrilla Chumduri
- Rajendra Kumar Gurumurthy
- Thomas F. Meyer