Biochemical characterization of the WRN-1 RecQ helicase of Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 7583-7593

  Hyun, Moonjung ^a   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^b   Ahn, Byungchan ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; HEALTH; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ACCELERATED AGEING; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; C. ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA DAMAGES; DNA DUPLEXES; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURES; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; EXONUCLEASE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMIC STABILITY; HELICASE; HELICASE ACTIVITIES; HOLLIDAY JUNCTIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; LIFE SPAN; NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PREMATURE AGING; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ HELICASES; REPLICATION PROTEIN A (RPA); REPLICATION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

SUBSTRATES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; EXONUCLEASE; RECQ HELICASE; REPLICATION FACTOR A; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 47249104754     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800197m     Document Type: Article

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