Is homologous recombination really an error-free process?

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Guirouilh Barbat, Josée ^a   Lambert, Sarah ^a   Bertrand, Pascale ^b   Lopez, Bernard S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

DNA double strand break repair; Genetic instability; Genetic variability; Homologous recombination; Mutagenesis; Replication stress

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B MESSENGER RNA EDITING ENZYME CATALYTIC POLYPEPTIDE 1; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RAD51 PROTEIN;

CROSSING OVER; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84906245025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00175     Document Type: Review

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