title: Homologous DNA recombination in vertebrate cells.
abstract: The RAD52 epistasis group genes are involved in homologous DNA recombination, and their primary structures are conserved from yeast to humans. Although biochemical studies have suggested that the fundamental mechanism of homologous DNA recombination is conserved from yeast to mammals, recent studies of vertebrate cells deficient in genes of the RAD52 epistasis group reveal that the role of each protein is not necessarily the same as that of the corresponding yeast gene product. This review addresses the roles and mechanisms of homologous recombination-mediated repair with a special emphasis on differences between yeast and vertebrate cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival; D002645:Chickens; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C497197:RAD52 protein, S cerevisiae; C497194:RAD52 protein, human; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C110901:X-ray repair cross complementing protein 3