DNA-induced dimerization of the single-stranded DNA binding telomeric protein Pot1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-244

  Nandakumar, Jayakrishnan ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN POT1; PROTEIN TPZ1; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; THYMIDINE; URIDINE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 84855271489     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr721     Document Type: Article

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