Evidence for a DNA homologous pairing activity in nuclear extracts from mosquito cells

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 667-676

  Baldridge, Gerald D ^a   Fallon, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gene transfer; Nucleases; RecA protein; Single strand transferase

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN-SEPHAROSE; PROTEIN; SEPHAROSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AEDES; AFFINITY LABELING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AEDES; AFFINITY LABELS; ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, INSECT; PROTEINS; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030186840     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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