Interactions between RuvA and RuvC at Holliday junctions: Inhibition of junction cleavage and formation of a RuvA-RuvC-DNA complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 878-890

  Whitby, Matthew C ^a,b   Bolt, Edward L ^a   Chan, Sau N ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branch migration; DNA repair; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MAGNESIUM ION;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030596061     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0684     Document Type: Article

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