The preference for GT-rich DNA by the yeast Rad51 protein defines a set of universal pairing sequences

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3423-3431

  Tracy, Robert B ^a   Baumohl, Jason K ^a   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic instability; Genetic recombination; Homologous pairing; In vitro selection; Rad51 protein

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL DNA; GUANINE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031455416     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3423     Document Type: Article

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