The Bloom's and Werner's syndrome proteins are DNA structure-specific helicases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2843-2849

  Mohaghegh, Payam ^a   Karow, Julia K ^a   Brosh Jr , Robert M ^b   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^b   Hickson, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLM PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0035393720     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.13.2843     Document Type: Article

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