Caretaker Brca1: keeping the genome in the straight and narrow
Open Access
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Breast Cancer Research
- Vol. 2 (2), 82-85
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr37
Abstract
Inheritance of germline BRCA1 mutations is associated with a high risk of breast and ovarian cancers. A multitude of cellular functions has been ascribed to BRCA1, including transcription activation and various aspects of DNA repair. So far, indirect evidence has indicated a role for BRCA1 in the repair of double-strand breaks. Recently, an elegant gene targeting design was used to provide definitive evidence that BRCA1 promotes homologous recombination and limits nonhomologous mutagenic repair processes. This reaffirms the role of BRCA1 as caretaker in preserving genomic integrity.Keywords
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