The crystal structure of Pyrococcus furiosus RecJ implicates it as an ancestor of eukaryotic Cdc45
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Title: The crystal structure of Pyrococcus furiosus RecJ implicates it as an ancestor of eukaryotic Cdc45 Author: Min-Jun Li , Gang-Shun Yi , Feng Yu , Huan Zhou , Jia-Nan Chen , Chun-Yan Xu , Feng-Ping Wang , Xiang Xiao , Jian-Hua He *, Xi-Peng Liu * Author affiliation: 1 Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 239 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201204, China 2 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China 3 State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong-Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
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