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A novel role for the Bcl-2 protein family: specific suppression of the RAD51 recombination pathway.
The EMBO journal - 15 May 2001
Saintigny Y, Dumay A, Lambert S, Lopez B S
Abstract excerpt
The oncogenic role of Bcl-2 is generally attributed to its protective effect against apoptosis. Here, we show a novel role for Bcl-2: the specific inhibition of the conservative RAD51 recombination pathway. Bcl-2 or Bcl-X(L) overexpression inhibits UV-C-, gamma-ray- or mutant p53-induced homologous recombination (HR). Moreover, Bcl-2 recombination inhibition is independent of the role of p53 in G1 arrest. At an...
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