Probing Rad51-DNA interactions by changing DNA twist

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 11769-11776

  Atwell, Scott ^a   Disseau, Ludovic ^a   Stasiak, Alicja Z ^b   Stasiak, Andrzej ^b   Renodon Cornière, Axelle ^c   Takahashi, Masayuki ^c   Viovy, Jean Louis ^a   Cappello, Giovanni ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TWIST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMECHANICS; DNA; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 RECOMBINASE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84871194816     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1131     Document Type: Article

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