Nbs1 potentiates ATP-driven DNA unwinding and endonuclease cleavage by the Mre11/Rad50 complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1276-1288

  Paull, Tanya T ^a   Gellert, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP binding; DNA unwinding; Mre11 Rad50 protein; Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT GENE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033563229     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.10.1276     Document Type: Article

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