title: DNA helicases required for homologous recombination and repair of damaged replication forks.
abstract: DNA helicases are found in all kingdoms of life and function in all DNA metabolic processes where the two strands of duplex DNA require to be separated. Here, we review recent developments in our understanding of the roles that helicases play in the intimately linked processes of replication fork repair and homologous recombination, and highlight how the cell has evolved many distinct, and sometimes antagonistic, uses for these enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Hickson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000502:physiology*; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D006801:Humans; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004265:DNA Helicases