RadA protein is an archaeal RecA protein homolog that catalyzes DNA strand exchange

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1248-1253

  Seitz, Erica M ^a   Brockman, Joel P ^a   Sandler, Steven J ^b   Clark, A John ^b   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; DNA strand exchange; RadA; RecA; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RADA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0032079749     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.9.1248     Document Type: Article

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