The Bacterial RecA Protein as a Motor Protein

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2003, Pages 551-577

  Cox, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Double strand break; Recombination; Replication fork

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242692609     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.57.030502.090953     Document Type: Review

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