Helical filaments of human Dmc1 protein on single-stranded DNA: A cautionary tale

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 401, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 544-551

  Yu, Xiong ^a   Egelman, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Helical polymers; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN HUMAN DMC1; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAD51 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DMC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77955270274     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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