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The BRC repeats of BRCA2 modulate the DNA-binding selectivity of RAD51.
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Kemp, M.G., Mason, A.C., Carreira, A., Reardon, J.T., Haring, S.J., Borgstahl, G.E.O., Kowalczykowski, S.C., Sancar, A., and Wold, M.S. (2010).
An alternative form of replication protein A expressed in normal human tissues supports DNA repair.
J. Biol. Chem., 285, 4788-4797 (published online 7 December 2009, as doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.079418). PMID: 19996105; PMCID: PMC2836084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jensen, R.B., Carreira, A., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2010)
Purified human BRCA2 stimulates RAD51-mediated recombination.
Nature, 467, 678-683 (published online: August 22, 2010, doi: 10.1038/nature09399). PMID: 20729832; PMCID: PMC2952063  [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Information]
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Carreira, A. and Kowalczykowski, S.C. (2011)
Two classes of BRC repeats in BRCA2 promote RAD51 nucleoprotein filament function by distinct mechanisms.
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Martinez, J.S., von Nicolai, C., Kim, T., Ehlén, A., Mazin, A.V., Kowalczykowski, S.C., and Carreira, A. (2016)
BRCA2 regulates DMC1-mediated recombination through the BRC repeats.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113, 3515-3520 (published online March 29, 2016 as doi: 10.1073/pnas.1601691113). PMID: 26976601; PMCID: PMC4822569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supporting Information]