Rapid exchange of A:T base pairs is essential for recognition of DNA homology by human Rad51 recombination protein

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 705-714

  Gupta, Ravindra C ^a   Folta Stogniew, Ewa ^b   O'Malley, Shawn ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^c   Radding, Charles M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HOMOLOG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033231554     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80381-0     Document Type: Article

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