MicrobiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
RAD51-mediated R-loop formation acts to repair transcription-associated DNA breaks driving antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei
Mark John Girasol, Marija Krasiļņikova, Catarina A. Marques…·Richard McCulloch
This study shows RAD51 interacts with RNA-DNA hybrids and repairs DNA breaks at the transcribed VSG in T. brucei, linking RNA-DNA hybrids to antigenic variation.