RecQ-core of BLM unfolds telomeric G-quadruplex in the absence of ATP

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 11528-11545

  Budhathoki, Jagat B ^a   Ray, Sujay ^a   Urban, Vaclav ^b   Janscak, Pavel ^b,c   Yodh, Jaya G ^d   Balci, Hamza ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RECQ HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE;

EID: 84922358614     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku856     Document Type: Article

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