How BRCA2 Works to Repair DNA (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

How BRCA2 Works to Repair DNA

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BRCA2 (red) helps RAD51 (yellow) form short filaments on strands of broken DNA (blue), enabling it to look for matching strands of DNA and repair the break.

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