recA protein

recA protein
Protein (40 kD) product of the rec (recombination) gene, that catalyses the pairing of a single-stranded piece of DNA with its complementary sequence, displacing a loop of single stranded DNA (D-loop).

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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