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Rapid exchange of A:T base pairs is essential for recognition of DNA homology by human Rad51 recombination protein.
Molecular cell - 1 Nov 1999
Gupta R C, Folta-Stogniew E, O'Malley S, Takahashi M, Radding C M
Abstract excerpt
Human Rad51 belongs to a ubiquitous family of proteins that enable a single strand to recognize homology in duplex DNA, and thereby to initiate genetic exchanges and DNA repair, but the mechanism of recognition remains unknown. Kinetic analysis by fluorescence resonance energy transfer combined with the study of base substitutions and base mismatches reveals that recognition of homology, helix destabilization,...
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