Catalysis of homologous DNA pairing by yeast Rad51 and Rad54 proteins

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6680, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Petukhova, Galina ^a   Stratton, Sabrina ^a   Sung, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BASE COMPOSITION; CATALYSIS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032492853     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30037     Document Type: Article

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