1999
Human Rad51 Protein Can Form Homologous Joints in the Absence of Net Strand Exchange*
Gupta R, Folta-Stogniew E, Radding C. Human Rad51 Protein Can Form Homologous Joints in the Absence of Net Strand Exchange*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 1248-1256. PMID: 9880493, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.3.1248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStrand exchangeRecA proteinEscherichia coli RecA proteinColi RecA proteinHuman Rad51 proteinDNA strand exchange reactionStrand exchange reactionEukaryotic homologsHsRad51 proteinRad51 proteinHomologous pairingGC contentCentral enzymeHeteroduplex DNABiological roleHsRad51Oligonucleotide substratesRich DNAGC compositionHuman DNAProteinLinear duplexHomologous jointsDNAGC pairs
1996
Base-Catalysis of Imino Proton Exchange in DNA: Effects of Catalyst upon DNA Structure and Dynamics
Folta-Stogniew E, Russu I. Base-Catalysis of Imino Proton Exchange in DNA: Effects of Catalyst upon DNA Structure and Dynamics. Biochemistry 1996, 35: 8439-8449. PMID: 8679602, DOI: 10.1021/bi952932z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA dodecamerProton exchangeExchange catalystImino proton exchangeDQF-COSY experimentsImino protonsEffect of catalystNon-exchangeable protonsSelf-complementary DNA dodecamerNucleic acid moleculesNMR spectroscopyDNA structureOverall correlation timeAcid moleculesSolution conformationBase catalysisCatalystProton resonancesWater protonsProton relaxationRate of exchangeNucleic acidsProtonsDodecamerCorrelation time