Regulation of RAD51 at the Transcriptional and Functional Levels: What Prospects for Cancer Therapy?

The RAD51 recombinase is a critical effector of Homologous Recombination (HR), which is an essential DNA repair mechanism for double-strand breaks. The RAD51 protein is recruited onto the DNA break by BRCA2 and forms homopolymeric filaments that invade the homologous chromatid and use it as a templa...

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Main Authors: Esin Orhan, Carolina Velazquez, Imene Tabet, Claude Sardet, Charles Theillet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/12/2930