Topological testing of the mechanism of homology search promoted by RecA protein

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1389-1398

  Cai, Liping ^a   Marquardt, Ulf ^a,b   Zhang, Zhaoqing ^a   Taisey, Mark J ^a   Chen, Junghuei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROGEN; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0035869215     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.6.1389     Document Type: Article

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