Genetic recombination: Helicases and topoisomerases link up

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 1999, Pages

  Wu, Leonard ^a   Karow, Julia K ^a   Hickson, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICASE; PLASMID DNA;

EID: 0033565598     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80325-X     Document Type: Note

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