Widespread presence in mammals and high binding specificity of a nuclear protein that recognises the single-stranded telomeric motif (CCCTAA)(n)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Marsich, Eleonora ^a   Xodo, Luigi E ^b   Manzini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytosine block repeats; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Nuclear protein; Telomeric DNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SWINE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; CHO CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SWINE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032533980     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580093.x     Document Type: Article

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