RecA protein assisted selection reveals a low fidelity of recognition of homology in a duplex DNA by an oligonucleotide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-177

  Malkov, Vladislav A ^a   Sastry, Lakshmi ^a,b   Camerini Otero, R Daniel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Mismatch; RecA; Recombination; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIPLE HELIX;

EID: 0031571585     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1164     Document Type: Article

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