Structure and function of RecQ DNA helicases

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-97

  Bennett, Richard J ^a   Keck, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom's syndrome; DNA recombination; DNA repair; DNA replication; Rothmund Thomson syndrome; Werner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; RECQ HELICASE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE;

EID: 3042788929     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230490460756     Document Type: Review

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