A glimpse of molecular competition: single-molecule studies reveal how the DNA-repair protein RecA overcomes competition from another protein to bind to single-stranded DNA, and how other mediator proteins assist in this process
Susan T Lovett
Nature (London), Vol.491(7423), p.198
10/24/2012
Abstract
Physiological aspects Research DNA binding proteins Health aspects DNA damage and repair DNA repair enzymes Single-molecule biophysics Molecular Genetics Biochemistry Biophysics Molecular Biology
Single-molecule studies reveal how the DNA-repair protein RecA overcomes competition from another protein to bind to single-stranded DNA, and how other mediator proteins assist in this process. See Letter p.274
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A glimpse of molecular competition: single-molecule studies reveal how the DNA-repair protein RecA overcomes competition from another protein to bind to single-stranded DNA, and how other mediator proteins assist in this process