Structural conservation of RecF and Rad50: Implications for DNA recognition and RecF function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 867-877

  Koroleva, Olga ^a   Makharashvili, Nodar ^a   Courcelle, Charmain T ^b   Courcelle, Justin ^b   Korolev, Sergey ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Rad50; RecF; Recombination; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD50 PROTEIN; RECF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA DAMAGE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEINOCOCCUS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846945734     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601537     Document Type: Article

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