Interactions between human BRCA2 protein and the meiosis-specific recombinase DMC1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2915-2922

  Thorslund, Tina ^a   Esashi, Fumiko ^a   West, Stephen C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome synapsis; Genome instability; Meiosis defective; RAD51; Sterility

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRCA2 PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN DMC1; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIS;

EID: 34250879021     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601739     Document Type: Article

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