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Taking Drosophila Rad51 for a SPiN

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A recent paper reports that Spn-A is the Rad51 ortholog in Drosophila melanogaster. This and other findings in this study open the door to genetic analysis of Rad51 functions in a model metazoan.

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Figure 1: Homologous recombination and the Rad51 family.

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Radford, S., Sekelsky, J. Taking Drosophila Rad51 for a SPiN. Nat Struct Mol Biol 11, 9–10 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0104-9

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