From: Gregory Sullivan (sullivan@blaze.cs.jhu.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 25 1997 - 03:51:45 MDT
danny (CALYK@aol.com) asked:
>what is a helicase? you mean helix?
DNA helicases are a class of proteins which are involved in the unwinding
of DNA, I believe. A diagram depicting a helicase is found at:
http://www.gene.com/AE/AB/GG/collaboration.html
In the previous post I should have strictly said: The Werner's syndrome
gene (WRN) has been identified and the protein it codes for is similar to
a DNA helicase. The previous post does state: Helicases are involved in
DNA replication, recombination, chromosome segregation, DNA repair,
transcription or any function that requires unwinding of the DNA.
danny (CALYK@aol.com) also stated:
>It looks like im missing some posts, like the ones on headless frogs,
>could someone send me them?
If you have access to the web you can look in the archive at:
http://www.lucifer.com/exi-lists/extropians/date00.html
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