The structure of telomeric DNA

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-283

  Neidle, Stephen ^a   Parkinson, Gary N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; TELOMERE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

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EID: 0037832293     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00072-1     Document Type: Review

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