Origins of Sequence Selectivity in Homologous Genetic Recombination: Insights from Rapid Kinetic Probing of RecA-mediated DNA Strand Exchange

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-359

  Lee, Andrew M ^a,b   Xiao, Jie ^b   Singleton, Scott F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

base flipping; homologous recombination; pre steady state kinetics; stopped flow fluorescence; transient intermediates

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 33745279076     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.065     Document Type: Article

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