Presynaptic filament dynamics in homologous recombination and DNA repair

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-270

  Liu, Jie ^a   Ehmsen, Kirk T ^a   Heyer, Wolf Dietrich ^a   Morrical, Scott W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA2; helicase; mediator proteins; Rad51; RecA; Recombinase; SSB; translocase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING COMPETITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMO SAPIENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79956365920     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2011.576007     Document Type: Article

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