Unwinding protein complexes in ALTernative telomere maintenance

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-15

  Bhattacharyya, Saumitri ^a   Sandy, April ^a   Groden, Joanna ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALT; BLM helicase; Telomeres; WRN helicase

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD52 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 73849113505     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22388     Document Type: Review

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