no code implementations • 4 Oct 2021 • Alex L. Payne-Dwyer, Aisha H. Syeda, Jack W. Shepherd, Lewis Frame, Mark. C. Leake
The RecA protein and RecBCD complex are key bacterial components for the maintenance and repair of DNA, RecBCD a helicase-nuclease that uses homologous recombination to resolve double-stranded DNA breaks and also facilitating decoration of single-stranded DNA with RecA to form RecA filaments, a vital step in the double-stranded break DNA repair pathway.