Structure-Function Defects of the TWINKLE Linker Region in Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 691-705

  Korhonen, Jenny A ^a   Pande, Vineet ^a   Holmlund, Teresa ^a   Farge, Géraldine ^a   Pham, Xuan Hoi ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a   Falkenberg, Maria ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bacteriophage T7; DNA replication; helicase; mitochondrion; TWINKLE

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; TWINKLE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DISEASE COURSE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40849097478     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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