Characterization of RecA1332 in vivo and in vitro. A role for α-helix E as a liaison between the subunit-subunit interface and the DNA and ATP binding domains of RecA protein

Genes to Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-97

  Bianco, Piero R ^a,b   Weinstock, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA HELIX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CYSTEINE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031855589     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1998.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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