Visualization of RecA filaments and DNA by fluorescence microscopy

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Nishinaka, Taro ^a   Doi, Yuko ^a   Hashimoto, Makiko ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Shibata, Takehiko ^b   Harada, Yoshie ^c   Kinosita Jr , Kazuhiko ^d   Noji, Hiroyuki ^e   Yashima, Eiji ^a,f  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA protein interaction; Fluorescence label of protein; Homologous recombination; Microscopic observations; RecA protein

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECA PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION;

DEOXYADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REC A RECOMBINASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248674044     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm033     Document Type: Article

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