Competition between the DNA unwinding and strand pairing activities of the Werner and Bloom syndrome proteins

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Machwe, Amrita ^a   Lozada, Enerlyn M ^a   Xiao, Liren ^a   Orren, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; OLIGOMER; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WERNER SYNDROME; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION;

EUKARYOTA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOM SYNDROME; DNA; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECQ HELICASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 33644596948     PISSN: 14712199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-7-1     Document Type: Article

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