Locations of functional domains in the RecA protein. Overlap of domains and regulation of activities

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-28

  Takahashi, Masayuki ^a   Maraboeuf, Fabrice ^a   Nordén, Bengt ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA repair; DNA binding site; Functional domain; Homologous recombination; RecA protein

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029902963     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0020r.x     Document Type: Article

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