The molecular role of the Rothmund-Thomson-, RAPADILINO- and Baller-Gerold-gene product, RECQL4: Recent progress

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 796-802

  Dietschy, T ^a   Shevelev, I ^a   Stagljar, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baller Gerold syndrome; Cancer; Genome stability; RAPADILINO syndrome; RecQ helicases; RECQL4; Rothmund Thomson syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECQ HELICASE;

ANEUPLOIDY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BALLER GEROLD SYNDROME; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PREMATURE AGING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAPADILINO SYNDROME; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME; SHORT SURVEY; TRISOMY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; RECQ HELICASES; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 34247102690     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-6468-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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