Improved RecA-assisted fluorescence assay for DNA strand exchange reaction

BioTechniques

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 736-738

  Kaboev, Oleg ^a   Luchkina, Ludmila ^a   Shalguev, Valery ^a   Andreichuk, Yury ^b   Kulikov, Vladimir ^b   Kozarenko, Alexander ^b   Lanzov, Vladislav ^a  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HELIX Research Company   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN RECAX53; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND EXCHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PICHIA; PICHIA ANGUSTA; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 33746499205     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112195     Document Type: Short Survey

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