| Literature DB >> 21047263 |
Kara A Bernstein1, Serge Gangloff, Rodney Rothstein.
Abstract
The RecQ helicases are conserved from bacteria to humans and play a critical role in genome stability. In humans, loss of RecQ gene function is associated with cancer predisposition and/or premature aging. Recent experiments have shown that the RecQ helicases function during distinct steps during DNA repair; DNA end resection, displacement-loop (D-loop) processing, branch migration, and resolution of double Holliday junctions (dHJs). RecQ function in these different processing steps has important implications for its role in repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs) that occur during DNA replication and meiosis, as well as at specific genomic loci such as telomeres.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21047263 PMCID: PMC4038414 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102209-163602
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Annu Rev Genet ISSN: 0066-4197 Impact factor: 16.830