Molecular mechanisms of Werner's syndrome / [edited by] Michel Lebel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lebel, Michel, 1967-

Series:

Medical intelligence unit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Werner's syndrome--Molecular aspects.

Werner's syndrome.

Werner's syndrome--Genetic aspects.

Werner Syndrome--genetics.

DNA Helicases.

Werner Syndrome--physiopathology.

Medical Subjects:

Werner Syndrome--genetics.

DNA Helicases.

Werner Syndrome--physiopathology.

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Georgetown, Tex. : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Contents:

Clinical aspects of Werner's syndrome: its natural history and the genetics of the disease / Makoto Goto

Biochemical roles of RecQ helicases / Payam Mohaghegh and Ian D. Hickson

Biochemical characterization of the Werner syndrome DNA helicase-exonuclease / Michael Fry

Proteins that interact with the Werner syndrome gene product / Dana Branzei and Takemi Enomoto

Sensitivity of Werner's syndrome cells to DNA damaging agents: insights into the biological functions of the Werner protein / Adayabalam S. Balajee and Fabrizio Palitti

Yeast RecQ helicases: clues to DNA repair, genome stability, and aging / Rozalyn M. Anderson and David A. Sinclair

Potential function of the Werner's syndrome homologue in the African clawed frog and the mouse / Michel Lebel and Philip Leder

Proposed biological functions for the Werner syndrome protein in DNA metabolism / Patricia L. Opresko ... [et al.]

Replicative senescence, telomeres, and Werner's syndrome / Richard G.A. Faragher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306482339

OCLC:

55634422