In vitro reconstitution of the late steps of genetic recombination in E. coli

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 607-617

  Eggleston, Angela K ^a   Mitchell, Alison H ^a,b   West, Stephen C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b Nature   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030727120     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80242-1     Document Type: Article

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