{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "3600a0f5eb6c47e0978086c02e87b0ef", "timestamp": "2026-08-20T20:25:22.879Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/3600a0f5eb6c47e0978086c02e87b0ef.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/3600a0f5eb6c47e0978086c02e87b0ef"}}, "title": "Hypothesis: Homologous Recombination Depends on Parallel Search.", "authors": [{"family": "Elf", "given": "Johan", "initials": "J"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2016-10-26", "journal": {"title": "Cell Systems", "issn": "2405-4712", "volume": "3", "issue": "4", "pages": "325-327", "issn-l": null}, "abstract": "It is not known how a cell manages to find a specific DNA sequence sufficiently fast to repair a broken chromosome through homologous recombination. I propose a solution based on freely diffusing molecules that are programmed with sequences corresponding to those flanking the break site. In such a process, the target search would be parallelized.", "doi": "10.1016/j.cels.2016.10.005", "pmid": "27788356", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pii", "key": "S2405-4712(16)30324-6"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T07:52:17.909Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T07:52:17.968Z"}