Structural analysis of RecA protein-DNA complexes by fluorescence-detected linear dichroism: Absence of structural change of filament for pairing of complementary DNA strands

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-198

  Morimatsu, Katsumi ^a,b   Takahashi, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence detected linear dichroism; Homologous recombination; Linear dichroism; RecA protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LINEAR DICHROISM; MEASURING SYSTEMS; PAIRING REACTIONS; RECA PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN RESIDUES;

DICHROISM;

ADENOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; RECA PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749998688     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.08.034     Document Type: Article

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