Probing the DNA sequence specificity of Escherichia coli RECA protein

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2463-2471

  Rajan, Rakhi ^a   Wisler, James W ^a   Bell, Charles E ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GC RICH SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROTEIN BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING SITES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; REC A RECOMBINASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33646685685     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl302     Document Type: Article

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