Structural and torsional properties of the RAD51-dsDNA nucleoprotein filament

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7023-7030

  Lee, Mina ^a   Lipfert, Jan ^a   Sanchez, Humberto ^b   Wyman, Claire ^b   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM ION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MONOMER; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TORQUE; DNA TWISTING; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

DNA; HUMANS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84881493788     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt425     Document Type: Article

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