Molecular Design and Functional Organization of the RecA Protein

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-432

  McGrew, Dharia A ^a   Knight, Kendall L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; DNA repair; Genome integrity; Homologous recombination; Protein design

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RECA PROTEIN; RECF PROTEIN; RECO PROTEIN; RECR PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642463787     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230390242489     Document Type: Review

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