Interplay between DNA replication, recombination and repair based on the structure of RecG helicase

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1441, 2004, Pages 49-59

  Briggs, Geoffrey S ^a   Mahdi, Akeel A ^a   Weller, Geoffrey R ^a   Wen, Qin ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Helicases; Holliday junctions; RecBCD; RecG; RuvABC

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642484213     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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