Single-molecule imaging brings Rad51 nucleoprotein filaments into focus

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Forget, Anthony L ^a   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA TRANSLOCASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HUMANS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77952545470     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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