Dynamics of RecA filaments on single-stranded DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4089-4099

  van loenhout, Marijn T J ^a   van der Heijden, Thijn ^a,c   Kanaar, Roland ^b   Wyman, Claire ^b   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; KINETICS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 67651173035     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp326     Document Type: Article

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