Branching out with DNA helicases

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-218

  Yusufzai, Timur ^a,b   Kadonaga, James T ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; DNA; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP M PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; HELICASE; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD52 PROTEIN; RAD54 PROTEIN; RECG HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79953163462     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.01.019     Document Type: Review

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