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Nadja C de Souza-Pinto1, Maria D Aamann, Tomasz Kulikowicz, Tinna V Stevnsner, Vilhelm A Bohr.
Abstract
Helicases are essential enzymes that utilize the energy of nucleotide hydrolysis to drive unwinding of nucleic acid duplexes. Helicases play roles in all aspects of DNA metabolism including DNA repair, DNA replication and transcription. The subcellular locations and functions of several helicases have been studied in detail; however, the roles of specific helicases in mitochondrial biology remain poorly characterized. This review presents important recent advances in identifying and characterizing mitochondrial helicases, some of which also operate in the nucleus. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20576512 PMCID: PMC2933315 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.04.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mech Ageing Dev ISSN: 0047-6374 Impact factor: 5.432