Mechanism of RecA-mediated homologous recombination revisited by single molecule nanomanipulation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4293-4304

  Fulconis, Renaud ^a   Mine, Judith ^a   Bancaud, Aurélien ^a   Dutreix, Marie ^b   Viovy, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Magnetic tweezers; RecA; Single molecules; Strand exchange

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MONOMER; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DEVICE; DNA STRAND; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAGNETIC TWEEZERS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; ROTATION; SINGLE MOLECULE NANOMANIPULATION; TENSION;

BIOPHYSICS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33748945703     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601260     Document Type: Article

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