A mammalian factor that binds telomeric TTAGGG repeats in vitro

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 4834-4843

  Zhong, Zhong ^a   Shiue, Lily ^b   Kaplan, Shawn ^a   De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CIRCULAR DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TELOMERE;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HAPLORHINI; HELA CELLS; HUMAN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELOMERE;

EID: 0026668731     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.12.11.4834     Document Type: Article

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