Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

James L Keck

Michael Matthew Cox

Marielle C Eichhorn-Gruenig

Douglas A Bernstein

Kits and a method for cleaving double-stranded DNA using Ref and RecA protein and variants thereof at a site having a DNA sequence homologous to the sequence on a single-stranded DNA targeting fragment are disclosed.

Method for using ref protein as a targeted reca-dependent nuclease

The present invention provides methods for the design and identification of novel antimicrobial compounds, and provides antimicrobial compounds identified using these methods. These antimicrobial compounds inhibit the binding of a prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein to a polypeptide that binds to the prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein. In some examples, the prokaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein is prokaryotic Exonuclease I. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial compound has the structure 

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James L Keck