Triplex DNA structures

MD Frank-Kamenetskii, SM Mirkin - Annual review of …, 1995 - annualreviews.org
A DNA triplex is formed when pyrimidine or purine bases occupy the major groove of the
DNA double Helix forming Hoogsteen pairs with purines of the Watson-Crick basepairs …

DNA: structure and function

RR Sinden, CE Pearson, VN Potaman… - Advances in genome …, 1998 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the structure and function of DNA. DNA occupies
a critical role in cells, because it is the source of all intrinsic genetic information. Chemically …

Oligonucleotide directed triple helix formation

J Sun, T Carestier, C Helene - Current opinion in structural biology, 1996 - Elsevier
Oligonucleotide directed triple helix formation allows the sequence-specific recognition of
the major groove of double-helical DNA. Recently synthesized base analogs …

Real-time observation of strand exchange reaction with high spatiotemporal resolution

K Ragunathan, C Joo, T Ha - Structure, 2011 - cell.com
RecA binds to single-stranded (ss) DNA to form a helical filament that catalyzes strand
exchange with a homologous double-stranded (ds) DNA. The study of strand exchange in …

RecA tests homology at both pairing and strand exchange

LR Bazemore, E Folta-Stogniew… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
RecA is a 38-kDa protein from Escherichia coli that polymerizes on single-stranded DNA,
forming a nucleoprotein filament that pairs with homologous duplex DNA and carries out …

Base pair switching by interconversion of sugar puckers in DNA extended by proteins of RecA-family: a model for homology search in homologous genetic …

T Nishinaka, A Shinohara, Y Ito… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
Escherichia coli RecA is a representative of proteins from the RecA family, which promote
homologous pairing and strand exchange between double-stranded DNA and single …

Multiple DNA binding modes of anthracene-9-carbonyl-N1-spermine

A Rodger, S Taylor, G Adlam, IS Blagbrough… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 1995 - Elsevier
The poly (dAdT) 2 complex of anthracene-9-carbonyl-N1-spermine, a spermine derivative
terminally substituted with an anthracene moiety, has been studied using fluorescence …

Exchange of DNA base pairs that coincides with recognition of homology promoted by E. coli RecA protein

E Folta-Stogniew, S O'Malley, R Gupta, KS Anderson… - Molecular cell, 2004 - cell.com
The unresolved mechanism by which a single strand of DNA recognizes homology in duplex
DNA is central to understanding genetic recombination and repair of double-strand breaks …

Interaction of the RecA Protein of Escherichia coli with Single-stranded Oligodeoxyribonucleotides

PR Bianco, GM Weinstock - Nucleic acids research, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The RecA protein of Escherichia coli performs a number of ATP-dependent, in vitro
reactions and is a DNA-dependent ATPase. Small oligodeoxyribonucleotides were used as …

Kinetic analysis of pairing and strand exchange catalyzed by RecA: detection by fluorescence energy transfer

LR Bazemore, M Takahashi, CM Radding - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
RecA is a 38-kDa protein from Escherichia coli that polymerizes on single-stranded DNA,
forming a nucleoprotein filament that pairs with homologous duplex DNA and carries out …