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| Title |
BRCA2 and homologous recombination
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Breast Cancer Research, July 2001
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| DOI | 10.1186/bcr310 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brian J Orelli, Douglas K Bishop |
| Abstract |
Two recent papers provide new evidence relevant to the role of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 in DNA repair. Moynahan et al provide genetic data indicating a requirement for BRCA2 in homology-dependent (recombinational) repair of DNA double-strand breaks. The second paper, by Davies et al, begins to address the mechanism through which BRCA2 makes its contribution to recombinational repair. BRCA2 appears to function in recombination via interactions with the major eukaryotic recombinase RAD51 [1,2,3]. We briefly review the context in which the two studies were carried out, we comment on the results presented, and we discuss models designed to account for the role of BRCA2 in RAD51-mediated repair. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 48 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 23% |
| Researcher | 9 | 19% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 10 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 19% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 11 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 August 2009.
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