Single- and double-stranded DNA binding proteins act in concert to conserve a telomeric DNA core sequence

Genome Integrity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rhodin Edsö, Jenny ^a   Gustafsson, Cecilia ^a   Cohn, Marita ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CDC13 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAP1 GENE; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CASTELLII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CASTELLII;

EID: 80052993624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20419414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-9414-2-2     Document Type: Article

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