Asymmetry of DNA replication fork progression in Werner's syndrome

Aging cell

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-39

  Rodríguez López, Ana M ^a   Jackson, Dean A ^b   Iborra, Francisco ^b   Cox, Lynne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; RECQ HELICASE; WRN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECQ HELICASES; S PHASE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0345824623     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-9728.2002.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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