On BLM helicase in recombination-mediated telomere maintenance

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3049-3064

  Rezazadeh, Sarallah ^a  

^a Division of Molecular Diagnosis and Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aging; APB; Bloom syndrome; Cancer; RecQ helicases; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; RECQ HELICASE; RIBONUCLEASE III; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGING; BLOOM SYNDROME; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84878378244     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2379-0     Document Type: Article

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