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Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 10 April 2002
Vol. 2002, Issue 14, p. nf6
[DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2002.14.nf6]

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An Untwister's New Twist

R. John Davenport

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sageke;2002/14/nf6

Abstract: Defects in helicase enzymes result in a number of diseases that mimic aspects of growing old. New work shows that a helicase implicated in one of these conditions--xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)--apparently helps hormones activate genes in addition to its well-known ability to unwind DNA. The protein's newly discovered role in hormone signaling might underlie unexplained XP symptoms.

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