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Just Accepted Manuscript: S K-edge XAS Studies of the Effect of DNA Binding on the [Fe4S4] Site in EndoIII and MutY


7/18/2017

Check out the latest manuscript from the David Lab and collaborators: S K-edge XAS Studies of the Effect of DNA Binding on the [Fe4S4] Site in EndoIII and MutY, which was recently accepted for publication in JACS. In this work, the iron-sulfur clusters of DNA repair glycosylases Endonuclease III and MutY were examined using S K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) in order to investigate DNA binding and solvation effects on Fe-S bond covalencies.

Click below to view the manuscript:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b03966


 

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Dr. Sheila S. David
ssdavid@ucdavis.edu
(530)-752-4280

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Davis, CA 95616