Protecting the terminus: T-loops and telomere end-binding proteins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2283-2294

  Wei, C ^a   Price, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc13; DNA structure; Pot1; Replication; T loop; TEBP; Telomere; Telomere protein

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; T WAVE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CYCLIN B; DNA REPLICATION; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; HUMANS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0242349890     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3244-z     Document Type: Review

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