In vitro properties of the conserved mammalian protein hnRNP D suggest a role in telomere maintenance

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 5425-5432

  Eversole, Ashley ^a   Maizels, Nancy ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033927902     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.15.5425-5432.2000     Document Type: Article

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