Characterization of the helicase activity and anti-telomerase properties of Yeast Pif1p in Vitro

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 587, Issue , 2010, Pages 359-376

  Boulé, Jean Baptiste ^a   Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

helicase; oligonucleotide substrate based radiometric assays; Pif1p; telomerase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PIF1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 77952984351     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-355-8_25     Document Type: Article

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