Difference between active and inactive nucleotide cofactors in the effect on the DNA binding and the helical structure of RecA filament dissociation of RecA-DNA complex by inactive nucleotides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-94

  Ellouze, Christine ^a,d   Selmane, Tassadite ^a   Kim, Hye Kyung ^b   Tuite, Eimer ^b   Nordén, Bengt ^b   Mortensen, Kell ^c   Takahashi, Masayuki ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Homologous recombination; Nucleotide cofactor; RecA filament; RecA protein

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0033563142     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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