Human Pot1 (protection of telomeres) protein: Cytolocalization, gene structure, and alternative splicing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 8079-8087

  Baumann, Peter ^a   Podell, Elaine ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN POT1; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOON; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0036840361     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.22.8079-8087.2002     Document Type: Article

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