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XRCC3
Official Full Name
X-ray repair complementing defective repair in Chinese hamster cells 3
Background
This gene encodes a member of the RecA/Rad51-related protein family that participates in homologous recombination to maintain chromosome stability and repair DNA damage. This gene functionally complements Chinese hamster irs1SF, a repair-deficient mutant that exhibits hypersensitivity to a number of different DNA-damaging agents and is chromosomally unstable. A rare microsatellite polymorphism in this gene is associated with cancer in patients of varying radiosensitivity. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified.
Synonyms
XRCC3; X-ray repair complementing defective repair in Chinese hamster cells 3; DNA repair protein XRCC3; X-ray repair cross-complementing protein 3; AI182522; AW537713; 4432412E01Rik