The Werner syndrome protein is a DNA helicase

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-103

  Gray, Matthew D ^a   Shen, Jiang Cheng ^a   Kamath Loeb, Ashwini S ^a   Blank, A ^a   Sopher, Bryce L ^a   Martin, George M ^a   Oshima, Junko ^a   Loeb, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TRANSFECTION; WERNER SYNDROME;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030751354     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-100     Document Type: Article

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