Using the telobox to search for plant telomere binding proteins

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-83

  Peška, Vratislav ^a,b   Schrumpfová, Petra Procházková ^a   Fajkus, Jiří ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cestrum; Myb domain; Telobox; Telomere; Unusual telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOBOX; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CESTRUM; CESTRUM PARQUI; CHROMATIN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CESTRUM; CESTRUM PARQUI;

EID: 79958157205     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920311795684968     Document Type: Article

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