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ArticleiScience2018

Application of Algebraic Topology to Homologous Recombination of DNA.

Ido Braslavsky, Joel Stavans

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Article in iScience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Ido BraslavskyThe Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address: ido.braslavsky@mail.huji.ac.il.
Joel StavansDepartment of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address: joel.stavans@weizmann.ac.il.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brouwer's fixed point theorem, a fundamental theorem in algebraic topology proved more than a hundred years ago, states that given any continuous map from a closed, simply connected set into itself, there is a point that is mapped unto itself. Here we point out the connection between a one-dimensional application of Brouwer's fixed point theorem and a mechanism proposed to explain how extension of single-stranded DNA substrates by recombinases of the RecA superfamily facilitates significantly the search for homologous sequences on long chromosomes.

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PMID30240753
PMCPMC6146625

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