Proteins pinpoint double strand breaks.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24171106.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.01561 and PMC identifier 3809394.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Combining green fluorescent protein with a protein that only binds to double strand breaks in DNA allows these breaks-which are an important form of DNA damage-to be detected with high efficiency in living bacteria.
Medical subject headings
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Protein Engineering
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
- Viral Proteins