Bacteriophage T4 strand transfer protein UvsX tolerates symmetric and asymmetric heterologies in short double-stranded oligonucleotides

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 622-631

  Birkenkamp, Karin ^a   Kemper, Börries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterology; Oligonucleotides; RecA; Strand transfer; UvsX

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA VIRUSES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0030596494     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0344     Document Type: Article

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