Making Ends Meet: Double-Strand Break Repair in Human Cells |
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| Air date: | Wednesday, May 18, 2005, 3:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Wednesday Afternoon Lectures |
| Description: | Homologous recombination provides an important mechanism by which chromosomal breaks can be efficiently and faithfully repaired. Many of the enzymes that mediate this process in human cells have now been identified and isolated. Central to the process is RAD51, a homolog of the bacterial RecA protein, which mediates homologous pairing and DNA strand exchange reactions that lead to the formation of crossovers between interacting DNA molecules.
For more information, visit http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/research/loc/london/lifch/wests/ The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. |
| Author: | Stephen C. West, Ph.D., London Research Institute |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
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| CIT File ID: | 12645 |
| CIT Live ID: | 3458 |
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