The crystal structures of DNA Holliday junctions

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 302-308

  Ho, P Shing ^a   Eichman, Brandt F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GEOMETRY; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035366324     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00219-0     Document Type: Review

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