The Holliday junction is finally seen with crystal clarity
David M.J. Lilley
& David G. Norman
David M.J. Lilley and David G. Norman are in the CRC
Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, The University
of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
After a long wait, we finally see the structure of the Holliday junction
of genetic recombination at atomic resolution. It comprises a right-handed
cross of DNA molecules, with an antiparallel orientation of strands.
