Unraveling the mechanism of BRCA2 in homologous recombination

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 748-754

  Holloman, William K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BINDING SITES; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

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EID: 79960066235     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2096     Document Type: Review

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