title: Clamping down on mismatches.
abstract: A sliding clamp complex may help correct DNA replication errors by keeping track of which DNA strand is new and which is the template.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, United States.
authors.forename: Guo-Min
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9842-4578
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003250:Constriction; D053843:DNA Mismatch Repair; D004260:DNA Repair; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D051719:MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein
keywords: DNA replication; MutSα; Xenopus egg extract; biochemistry; chromosomes; genes; mismatch repair; proliferating cell nuclear antigen; xenopus