Detection of novel recombinases in bacteriophage genomes unveils Rad52, Rad51 and Gp2.5 remote homologs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3952-3962

  Lopes, Anne ^a,b   Amarir Bouhram, Jihane ^c   Faure, Guilhem ^a,b   Petit, Marie Agnès ^c   Guerois, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HOMOLOG; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD52 PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; RECOMBINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77955074055     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq096     Document Type: Article

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