On the mechanism of recombination hotspot scanning during double-stranded DNA break resection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 28, 2013, Pages

  Carrasco, Carolina ^a   Gilhooly, Neville S ^b   Dillingham, Mark S ^b   Moreno Herrero, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA end processing; Protein motor; Protein DNA interactions; Real time measurements; Single molecule biophysics

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA-END PROCESSING; PROTEIN MOTOR; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS; REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84879967537     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1303035110     Document Type: Article

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