TRF1 is a dimer and bends telomeric DNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1785-1794

  Bianchi, Alessandro ^a   Smith, Susan ^a   Chong, Laura ^a   Elias, Peter ^a   De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; Myb; Rap1p; Telomeric protein; TRF1

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAMMALS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030970087     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.7.1785     Document Type: Article

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