Human telomeres contain two distinct Myb-related proteins, TRF1 and TRF2

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-

  Broccoli, Dominique ^a   Smogorzewska, Agata ^a   Chong, Laura ^a   de Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLAG PEPTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; ONCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN C MYB; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84984775429     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1097-231     Document Type: Letter

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