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Description	Crystal structure of RecA-DNA complex. This protein from E. coli is essential for homologous recombination, which is an important mechanism of DNA repair. While many crystal structures of RecA had been previous solved, this structure was the first of RecA in complex with DNA.
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Author	Emw
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