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Modulating cellular recombination potential through alterations in RecA structure and regulation.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 2010
Bakhlanova Irina V, Dudkina Alexandra V, Baitin Dima M, Knight Kendall L, Cox Michael M, Lanzov Vladislav A
Abstract excerpt
The wild-type Escherichia coli RecA protein is a recombinase platform with unrealized recombination potential. We have explored the factors affecting recombination during conjugation with a quantitative assay. Regulatory proteins that affect RecA function have the capacity to increase or decrease recombination frequencies by factors up to sixfold. Autoinhibition by the RecA C-terminus can affect recombination...
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