Elastic Behavior of RecA-DNA Helical Filaments

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 837-845

  Nishinaka, Taro ^a   Doi, Yuko ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Yashima, Eiji ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATPase activity; conformational change; homologous recombination; RecA; single molecular experiments

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BUFFER; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250160539     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.044     Document Type: Article

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