RecA: Regulation and Mechanism of a Molecular Search Engine

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 491-507

  Bell, Jason C ^a,b   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); Homology search; RAD51; Recombination; Self assembly; Single molecule imaging; Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF)

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECA PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RECA GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; RECOMBINATION REPAIR;

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATIONAL DNA REPAIR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84964867536     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.04.002     Document Type: Review

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