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Abstract
The repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) by homologous recombination is essential to maintain genome integrity. The key step in DSB repair is the RecA/Rad51-mediated process to match sequences at the broken end to homologous donor sequences that can be used as a template to repair the lesion. Here, in reviewing research about DSB repair, I consider the many factors that appear to play important roles in the successful search for homology by several homologous recombination mechanisms. See also the video abstract here: https://youtu.be/vm7-X5uIzS8.Entities:
Keywords: DNA strand invasion; Rad51/RecA; double-strand break repair; homologous recombination; search for homology
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29603285 PMCID: PMC6238635 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700229
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioessays ISSN: 0265-9247 Impact factor: 4.345