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Formation of deletions during double-strand break repair in Drosophila DmBlm mutants occurs after strand invasion.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Nov 2004
McVey Mitch, Larocque Jeannine R, Adams Melissa D, Sekelsky Jeff J
Abstract excerpt
Bloom syndrome is a rare disorder associated with cancer predisposition and genomic instability and is caused by loss of the RecQ helicase BLM. The Drosophila ortholog of BLM (DmBlm) is required for accurate repair of DNA double-strand gaps by homologous recombination. Repair products from DmBlm...
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