Fission yeast telomeric DNA binding protein Pot1 has the ability to unfold tetraplex structure of telomeric DNA

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 26, Issue 10-12, 2007, Pages 1255-1260

  Torigoe, Hidetaka ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiparallel triplex; Fission yeast telomeric DNA; Structure; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POT1 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; YEAST;

DNA, FUNGAL; G-QUADRUPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 36949009857     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770701528230     Document Type: Article

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