The RecB Nuclease Domain Binds to RecA-DNA Filaments: Implications for Filament Loading

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Lucarelli, Debora ^b   Wang, Ying A ^a   Galkin, Vitold E ^a   Yu, Xiong ^a   Wigley, Dale B ^b   Egelman, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; helical polymers; recombination

Indexed keywords

EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; HELICASE; NUCLEASE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67650957556     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.042     Document Type: Article

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