Sliding to the rescue of damaged DNA.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23240090.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00347 and PMC identifier 3510475.
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Abstract
Single-molecule imaging experiments have shed new light on the methods used by the enzyme RecA to align single- and double-stranded DNA so that double-strand breaks can be repaired.
Medical subject headings
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Homologous Recombination
- Rec A Recombinases