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Bloom DNA helicase facilitates homologous recombination between diverged homologous sequences.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Sept 2009
Kikuchi Koji, Abdel-Aziz H Ismail, Taniguchi Yoshihito, Yamazoe Mitsuyoshi, Takeda Shunichi, Hirota Kouji
Abstract excerpt
Bloom syndrome caused by inactivation of the Bloom DNA helicase (Blm) is characterized by increases in the level of sister chromatid exchange, homologous recombination (HR) associated with cross-over. It is therefore believed that Blm works as an anti-recombinase. Meanwhile, in Drosophila, DmBlm is required specifically to promote the synthesis-dependent strand anneal (SDSA), a type of HR not associating with...
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