Helicases and aging

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 716-730

  Nakura, J ^a   Ye, L ^b   Morishima, A ^a   Kohara, K ^a   Miki, T ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Bloom syndrome; Cockayne syndrome; Helicase disorder; Segmental progeroid syndrome; Transcription; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

AGING; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BLOOM SYNDROME; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PROGERIA; REVIEW; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY; WERNER SYNDROME; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

AGING; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOM SYNDROME; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUTATION; PROGERIA; SYNDROME; WERNER SYNDROME; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0034081943     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050036     Document Type: Review

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