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Common fold, common function, common origin?

Nature Structural Biology volume 4, pages 161–165 (1997)Cite this article

X-ray structures reveal single-stranded DNA binding domains related to the OB-fold in human replication protein A (RPA) and human mitochondrial SSB protein (HmtSSB). These similarities may imply a common origin.

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