The human telomere-associated protein TIN2 stimulates interactions between telomeric DNA tracts in vitro

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 685-691

  Kim, Sahn Ho ^a   Han, Seungil ^b   You, Young Hyun ^a   Chen, David J ^a   Campisi, Judith ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; STREPTAVIDIN; TELOMERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TIN2; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; GENE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TELOMERE; BIOTINYLATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

DNA; DNA PROBES; HUMANS; MUTATION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1;

EID: 0043066727     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor872     Document Type: Article

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