homologous
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Co-corresponding author Professor Joo-Yong Lee stated, "We identified a mechanism in which key DNA repair proteins are actively degraded inside the cell. This provides a new way to regulate homologous recombination beyond genetic mutations."
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Among the most important of these systems is homologous recombination, a highly accurate DNA repair process that depends on proteins such as RAD51 and CHK1.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
As these proteins disappear, homologous recombination is effectively shut down.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
However, the bird wing and bat wing are both made from homologous bones that are similar in appearance.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
It has recently been reported that the nucleic acid of chloroplasts is, in fact, homologous with that of certain photosynthetic microorganisms.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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