Liquid crystal formation of RecA-DNA filamentous complexes.
Spontaneous optical birefringence of RecA-bound linear and closed circular single-stranded DNA filaments, as well as RecA self-assembled polymer, was observed in aqueous buffer solutions, which demonstrates the formation of lyotropic liquid crystalline phases.
Okoshi
Kento
K
Yashima Super-structured Helix Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERA TO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan. kokoshi@yp-jst.jp
Nishinaka
Taro
T
Doi
Yuko
Y
Hara
Reiko
R
Hashimoto
Makiko
M
Yashima
Eiji
E
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D004247:DNA; D011938:Rec A Recombinases