BRCA1 and Fanconi anemia: At stalled replication forks in human cells, DNA-end processing or end protection by Mre11 depends on protein partners, including breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein (BRCA2) and Fanconi anemia (FA) proteins BRCA1 and FANCD1 (Schlacher et al. 2011; Schlacher et al. 2012).