Human Rad52 binding renders ssDNA unfolded: Image and contour length analyses by atomic force microscopy

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1641-1648

  D'Souza, Jacinta S ^a   Dharmadhikari, Jayashree A ^a   Dharmadhikari, Aditya K ^a   Navadgi, Vasundhara ^a   Mathur, Deepak ^a   Rao, Basuthkar J ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; DNA contour length; Protein DNA interaction; Rad52 protein; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846308477     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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