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Designing a Western blot for RAD51B? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the RAD51B Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for RAD51B? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the RAD51B IHC GuideFacts about DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 2.
Binds single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA and contains DNA-dependent ATPase activity. Part of this RAD21 paralog protein complex BCDX2 which functions from the BRCA1-BRCA2-dependent HR pathway.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RAD51B |
| Uniprot: | O15315 |
| Entrez: | 5890 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| RecA family |

DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 2; MGC34245; R51H2REC2hREC2; RAD51 (S. cerevisiae)-like 1; RAD51 homolog B; RAD51B; RAD51-like 1 (S. cerevisiae); RAD51-like protein 1; RecA-like protein; recombination repair protein
Mass (kDA):
42.196 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 14q24.1 |
| Sequence: | 14; NC_000014.9 (67819779..68683118) |
Expressed in a wide range of tissues.
Nucleus.






PMID: 9207106 by Rice M.C., et al. Isolation of human and mouse genes based on homology to REC2, a recombinational repair gene from the fungus Ustilago maydis.
PMID: 9441753 by Albala J.S., et al. Identification of a novel human RAD51 homolog, RAD51B.