The N-Terminal Region of the RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase Is Essential for Homologous Recombination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Carrasco, Begoña ^a   Cañas, Cristina ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^b   Alonso, Juan C ^a   Ayora, Silvia ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hjc; PrfA; RecA; recombination protein U; vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; RECA PROTEIN; RECU PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES;

EID: 67349229818     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.065     Document Type: Article

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