Publication Date:
1998-08-14
Description:
The breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 encodes a zinc finger protein of unknown function. Association of the BRCA1 protein with the DNA repair protein Rad51 and changes in the phosphorylation and cellular localization of the protein after exposure to DNA-damaging agents are consistent with a role for BRCA1 in DNA repair. Here, it is shown that mouse embryonic stem cells deficient in BRCA1 are defective in the ability to carry out transcription-coupled repair of oxidative DNA damage, and are hypersensitive to ionizing radiation and hydrogen peroxide. These results suggest that BRCA1 participates, directly or indirectly, in transcription-coupled repair of oxidative DNA damage.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gowen, L C -- Avrutskaya, A V -- Latour, A M -- Koller, B H -- Leadon, S A -- CA40453/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA70490/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- IP50CA58223/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 14;281(5379):1009-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology and Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703501" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alleles
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Animals
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BRCA1 Protein/genetics/*physiology
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Cell Line
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DNA Damage
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*DNA Repair
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Hydrogen Peroxide
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Mice
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Oxidation-Reduction
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Stem Cells
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Thymine/analogs & derivatives/immunology/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
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Ultraviolet Rays
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
