RNA facilitates RecA-mediated DNA pairing and strand transfer between molecules bearing limited regions of homology

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 626-634

  Kotani, Hidehito ^a   Germann, Markus W ^a   Andrus, Alex ^b   Vinayak, Ravi ^b   Mullah, Bashar ^b   Kmiec, Eric B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; RecA protein; RNA

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029993658     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174450     Document Type: Article

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