A novel property of the RecA nucleoprotein filament: Activation of double-stranded DNA for strand exchange in trans

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2005-2016

  Mazin, Alexander V ^a   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic recombination; Homology recognition; Protein DNA interactions

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0033180144     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.15.2005     Document Type: Article

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