eISSN: 2221-6197 DOI: 10.31301/2221-6197

HOLLIDAY JUNCTION AND JUNCTION-RESOLVING ENZIMES AS THE MAIN AGENTS HOMOLOGOUS GENETIC RECOMBINATION

Year: 2011

Pages: 9-23

Number: Volume 2, issue 1

Type: scientific article

Topic: Articles

Authors: Mashkov O.I.

Summary:

Four-way DNA junctions and the resolving enzymes are the main objects of research in the study of molecular aspects of recombination. This article discusses recent data about the geometric structure of the Holliday junction, its conformational states and interactions of structural-specific resolvases.

Keywords:

recombination, Holliday junction, four-way DNA junction, nuclease, endonuclease, resolvase.

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