Tethering on the brink: The evolutionarily conserved Mre11-Rad50 complex

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 410-418

  Connelly, John C ^a   Leach, David R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN MRE11 RAD 50; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ASSAY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036682830     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(02)02144-8     Document Type: Review

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