Characterization of a mutant RecA protein that facilitates homologous genetic recombination but not recombinational DNA repair: RecA423

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 696-712

  Ishimori, Koichiro ^b,c   Sommer, Suzanne ^a   Bailone, Adriana ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^a   Cox, Michael M ^b   Devoret, Raymond ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Homologous recombination; RecA protein; RecA DNA complex; Replication restart

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0030582680     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0670     Document Type: Article

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