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Table 1 Rad51 and its accessory proteins in different organisms

From: Homologous recombination: from model organisms to human disease

Organism

Rad51

Rad51-accessory proteins

 

recombinase

Rad52

Rad51 paralogs

S. cerevisiae

Present

Present

Rad55, Rad57

C. elegans

Present

Absent

Absent

D. melanogaster

Present

Absent

Rad51C, Rad51D

Chicken

Present

Present

Xrcc2, Xrcc3, Rad51B,

   

Rad51C, Rad51D

Human

Present

Present

Xrcc2, Xrcc3, Rad51B,

   

Rad51C, Rad51D

  1. This information was extracted from the Saccharomyces Genome Database [29], the C. elegans Genome Project [30], the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project [31], and the Human Genome Resources [32]; the databases were accessed in March 2001.
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