Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mre11 is a high-affinity G4 DNA-binding protein and a G-rich DNA-specific endonuclease: Implications for replication of telomeric DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 4692-4703

  Ghosal, Gargi ^a   Muniyappa, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GUANOSINE; MANGANESE; MRE11 PROTEIN; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN MRX; PROTEIN XRS2P; RAD50 PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GUANINE; MRE11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; QUADRUPLEX DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GUANINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

EID: 24044481977     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki777     Document Type: Article

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