Background Helicobacter pylori is well adapted to colonize the epithelial surface of the
human gastric mucosa and can cause persistent infections. In order to infect the gastric …

When duplex DNA is altered in almost any way (replicated, recombined, or repaired), single
strands of DNA are usually intermediates, and single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins …

Abstract The bacterial RecF, RecO, and RecR proteins are an epistasis group involved in
loading RecA protein into post-replication gaps. However, the targeting mechanism that …

In Deinococcus radiodurans, the extreme resistance to DNA–shattering treatments such as
ionizing radiation or desiccation is correlated with its ability to reconstruct a functional …

DNA is subjected to many endogenous and exogenous damages. All organisms have
developed a complex network of DNA repair mechanisms. A variety of different DNA repair …

In bacteria, one type of homologous-recombination-based DNA-repair pathway involves
RecFOR proteins that bind at the junction between single-stranded (ss) and double …

RecO is a recombination mediator protein (RMP) important for homologous recombination,
replication repair and DNA annealing in bacteria. In all pathways, the single-stranded (ss) …

The molecular role of the RecF protein in loading RecA protein onto single-stranded DNA
(ssDNA)-binding protein-coated ssDNA has been obscured by the facility with which the …

Double-stranded (ds) DNA contains all of the necessary genetic information, although
practical use of this information requires unwinding of the duplex DNA. DNA unwinding …

In bacteria, the repair of post-replication gaps by homologous recombination requires the
action of the recombination mediator proteins RecF, RecO and RecR. Whereas the role of …