RecA-Dependent Cleavage of LexA Dimers

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-161

  Giese, Kim C ^a   Michalowski, Christine B ^a   Little, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

dimer; LexA; RecA; SOS; specific cleavage

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECA GENE; STOICHIOMETRY; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39649098477     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.12.025     Document Type: Article

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