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Site-specific recombination and band surgery
Mathematical Biology| Speaker: | Koya Shimokawa, Department of Mathematics, Saitama University |
| Related Webpage: | http://www.rimath.saitama-u.ac.jp/lab.en/kshimoka/index-e.html |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Mon, Oct 29 2018, 3:10PM |
Knots and links are used to model closed circular DNA. We use an operation of knots and links called a band surgery to analyse pathways and mechanism of site-specific recombination of DNA. We mainly discuss unlinking of DNA catenanes by FtsK-dependent XerCD-dif recombination.
This is joint work with Mariel Vazquez.
Faculty host: Mariel Vazquez Please contact Professor Vazquez if you would like to meet with the speaker or join the dinner after the talk (mariel@math.ucdavis.edu)