The ATPase activity of RecA is needed to push the DNA strand exchange through heterologous regions.

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Published in EMBO J on December 01, 1991

Authors

W Rosselli1, A Stasiak

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1: Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland.

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