The werner syndrome protein is distinguished from the bloom syndrome protein by its capacity to tightly bind diverse DNA structures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kamath Loeb, Ashwini ^a   Loeb, Lawrence A ^a   Fry, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODUPLEX; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; DNA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RECQ HELICASE; WRN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT CELL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; DNA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECQ HELICASES; SPODOPTERA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855829770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030189     Document Type: Article

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