Regulation of homologous recombination: Chi inactivates RecBCD enzyme by disassembly of the three subunits

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 890-900

  Taylor, Andrew F ^a   Smith, Gerald R ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi sites; Disassembly; Escherichia coli; Genetic recombination; RecBCD enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033119729     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.7.890     Document Type: Article

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