CRN-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans FEN-1 homologue, cooperates with CPS-6/EndoG to promote apoptotic DNA degradation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3451-3460

  Parrish, Jay Z ^a,c   Yang, Chonglin ^a   Shen, Binghui ^b   Xue, Ding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caenorhabditis elegans; DNA degradation; EndoG; Fen 1

Indexed keywords

CRN1 ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE CPS6; ENDONUCLEASE G; EXONUCLEASE; FLAP ENDONUCLEASE 1; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHODIESTERASE I; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HYDROLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037925454     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg320     Document Type: Article

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