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The RecU Holliday junction resolvase acts at early stages of homologous recombination.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Sept 2008
Cañas Cristina, Carrasco Begoña, Ayora Silvia, Alonso Juan C
Abstract excerpt
Homologous recombination is essential for DNA repair and generation of genetic diversity in all organisms. It occurs through a series of presynaptic steps where the substrate is presented to the recombinase (RecA in bacteria). Then, the recombinase nucleoprotein filament mediates synapsis by first promoting the formation of a D-loop and later of a Holliday junction (HJ) that is subsequently cleaved by the HJ...
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