title: DNA repair: RAD alert.
abstract: Mammalian homologues of two important yeast genes involved in DNA double-strand break repair and recombination, RAD51 and RAD54, have been isolated. Knock-out mutations of the genes in mice reveal both reassuring similarities to, and surprising differences from, the analogous mutant phenotypes in yeast.
authors.affiliation: Transkaryotic Therapies Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Haber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C495151:RAD51 protein, S cerevisiae; C495153:RAD51 protein, human; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; C495154:Rad51 protein, mouse; C075468:RAD54 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes