RecQ helicases: Multiple roles in genome maintenance

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 493-501

  Khakhar, Rakesh R ^a   Cobb, Jennifer A ^b   Bjergbaek, Lotte ^b   Hickson, Ian D ^a   Gasser, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; ISOENZYME;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

EID: 0142043288     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(03)00171-5     Document Type: Review

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