Recombination Hotspots and Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins Couple DNA Translocation to DNA Unwinding by the AddAB Helicase-Nuclease

Molecular Cell

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 806-816

  Yeeles, Joseph T P ^a   van Aelst, Kara ^a   Dillingham, Mark S ^a   Moreno Herrero, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; NUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMAGING; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959338446     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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