Methods to study the role of sirtuins in genome stability

Abstract

One of the most important roles of Sirtuins is to ensure the maintenance of genome integrity under stress conditions. In this chapter, we provide a methodology to study this role of Sirtuins at two different levels: detection of genomic instability (with the Neutral Comet Assay) and study of Sirtuin dynamics in chromatin under stress conditions (by isolating insoluble chromatin fractions). © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.