Crystal structure of the phage T4 recombinase UvsX and its functional interaction with the T4 sf2 helicase uvsw

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-76

  Gajewski, Stefan ^a,b   Webb, Michael R ^c   Galkin, Vitold ^d   Egelman, Edward H ^d   Kreuzer, Kenneth N ^c   White, Stephen W ^a,e  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; electron microscopy; RecA; recombination; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; DNA; RECA PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 78650418624     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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