RecA-DNA filament topology: The overlooked alternative of an unconventional syn-syn duplex intermediate

DNA Repair

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 669-675

  Egel, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DNA strand exchange; Heteroduplex; Homologous recombination; Recombinase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; DNA; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34047093429     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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