Branch migration through DNA sequence heterology
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Branch migration through DNA sequence heterology.
Branch migration of a DNA Holliday junction is a key step in genetic recombination. Previously, it was shown that a single base-pair heterology between two otherwise identical DNA sequences is a substantial barrier to passage of a Holliday junction during spontaneous branch migration. Here, we exploit this inhibitory effect of sequence heterology to estimate the step size of branch migration. W...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Molecular Biology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-2836
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1769