Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice 
lacking Brca2.

Sharan, S. K.; Morimatsu, M.; Albrecht, U.; Lim, D. S.; Regel, E.; Dinh, C.; Sands, A.; Eichele, G.; Hasty, P.; Bradley, A.

doi:10.1038/386804a0

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Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice lacking Brca2.

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Eichele, G.
Department of Molecular Embryology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Max Planck Society;

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Sharan, S. K., Morimatsu, M., Albrecht, U., Lim, D. S., Regel, E., Dinh, C., et al. (1997). Embryonic lethality and radiation hypersensitivity mediated by Rad51 in mice lacking Brca2. Nature, 386(6627), 804-810. doi:10.1038/386804a0.

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Abstract

Inherited mutations in the human BRCA2 gene cause about half of the cases of early-onset breast cancer. The embryonic expression pattern of the mouse Brca2 gene is now defined and an interaction identified of the Brca2 protein with the DNA-repair protein Rad51. Developmental arrest in Brca2-deficient embryos, their radiation sensitivity, and the association of Brca2 with Rad51 indicate that Brca2 may be an essential cofactor in the Rad51-dependent DNA repair of double-strand breaks, thereby explaining the tumour-suppressor function of Brca2.