Architecture of the γδ resolvase synaptosome: Oriented heterodimers identify interactions essential for synapsis and recombination

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-562

  Murley, Laura Lea ^a   Grindley, Nigel D F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 0032514844     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81622-0     Document Type: Article

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