The RecA hexamer is a structural homologue of ring helicases
- 1 February 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Vol. 4 (2), 101-104
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0297-101
Abstract
The RecA protein forms a hexameric ring that is similar to the core of the F1-ATPase. Several lines of evidence suggest that this hexamer may be a structural homologue of ring helicases.Keywords
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