Mechanism of Werner DNA helicase: POT1 and RPA stimulates WRN to unwind beyond gaps in the translocating strand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ahn, Byungchan ^a   Lee, Jae Wan ^b   Jung, Hana ^a   Beck, Had ^a   Bohr, Vilheim A ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; PROTECTOR OF TELOMERES 1 PROTEIN; PROTECTOR TELOMERES 2 PROTEIN; REPLICATION FACTOR A; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; POT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECQ HELICASE; RPA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; WRN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CELL LINE; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL LINE; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECQ HELICASES; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 61849163969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004673     Document Type: Article

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