| Literature DB >> 2667137 |
E H Egelman1, X Yu.
Abstract
The helical filament that the RecA protein of Escherichia coli forms around DNA is the active apparatus in protein-catalyzed homologous genetic recombination. The actual position of DNA within this complex has been unknown. Image analysis has been performed on electron micrographs of filaments of RecA on double-stranded DNA and on single-stranded DNA to visualize a difference that is consistent with one strand of the double-stranded DNA. This localization of the DNA gives additional information about the unusual structure of DNA in the complex with RecA protein.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2667137 DOI: 10.1126/science.2667137
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728