Homologous recombination in the archaea: The means justify the ends

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-19

  White, Malcolm F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hjc; Holliday junction; Homologous recombination; Rad51; RadA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN HJC; PROTEIN JJE; PROTEIN RADA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CRUCIFORM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79551489593     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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