RecA family proteins in archaea: RadA and its cousins

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Haldenby, Sam ^a   White, Malcolm F ^b   Allers, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Homologous recombination; Rad51; RadA; RadB; RecA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAD51B; PROTEIN RAD51C; PROTEIN RAD51D; PROTEIN RAD55; PROTEIN RAD57; PROTEIN RADA; PROTEIN RADB; PROTEIN RADC; PROTEIN RFS1; PROTEIN XRCC2; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XRCC3 PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RADA PROTEIN, ARCHAEAL;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 59749105974     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370102     Document Type: Article

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