Mismatch repair: The praying hands of fidelity
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High-resolution crystal structures have recently been solved for the mismatch binding protein MutS of Escherichia coli and its Thermus aquaticus homologue; they show how these factors recognise such structurally diverse substrates as base-base mismatches and insertion/deletion loops.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000