RAD51 paralogs: Roles in DNA damage signalling, recombinational repair and tumorigenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 898-905

  Suwaki, Natsuko ^a   Klare, Kerstin ^a,b   Tarsounas, Madalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA damage responses; Homologous recombination; RAD51 paralogs; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD51B PROTEIN; RAD51C PROTEIN; RAD51D PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XRCC2 PROTEIN; XRCC3 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 81955162971     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.07.019     Document Type: Review

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