title: A novel function for BRCA1 in crosslink repair.
abstract: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Bunting et al. (2012) provide new evidence that BRCA1 plays an important role in DNA interstrand crosslink repair that is distinct from its established function in promoting DNA end resection during homologous recombination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Johannes C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walter