Single-molecule imaging of UvrA and UvrB recruitment to DNA lesions in living Escherichia coli

oleh: Mathew Stracy, Marcin Jaciuk, Stephan Uphoff, Achillefs N. Kapanidis, Marcin Nowotny, David J. Sherratt, Pawel Zawadzki

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01

Deskripsi

Nucleotide excision repair is able to identify and remove a wide range of DNA helix distorting lesions from the genome. Here the authors use single molecule imaging of UvrA and UvrB molecules and suggest a two-step ‘scan and recruit’ model for UvrA function.