Re: Bio: Premature Aging; Also, Telomerase (was: Transplants)

Gregory Sullivan (sullivan@blaze.cs.jhu.edu)
Sat, 25 Oct 1997 05:51:45 -0400 (EDT)


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