Structural mechanisms of human RecQ helicases WRN and BLM

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Kitano, Ken ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLM; Bloom syndrome; DNA helicase; Holliday junction; Structural biology; Werner syndrome; WRN

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; RECQ HELICASE; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

AGING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949117291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00366     Document Type: Review

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