DSS1 is required for RAD51 focus formation and genomic stability in mammalian cells

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 989-993

  Gudmundsdottir, Katrin ^a   Lord, Christopher J ^a   Witt, Emily ^a   Tutt, Andrew N J ^a,b   Ashworth, Alan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BRCA2; Breast cancer susceptibility; DNA damage; DSS1; Homologous recombination; RAD51

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN DSS1; RAD51 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; USTILAGO; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 8844243320     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400255     Document Type: Article

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