Human DNA polymerase λ possesses terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase activity and can elongate RNA primers: Implications for novel functions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Ramadan, Kristijan ^a   Maga, Giovanni ^b   Shevelev, Igor V ^a,c   Villani, Giuseppe ^d   Blanco, Luis ^e   Hübscher, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase ; DNA replication and repair; Human; RNA primer elongation; Terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase activity

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER RNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 0345316715     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00265-1     Document Type: Article

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