DNA Helicases and their roles in cancer, genetic diseases, and aging

Il 20/06/2014 ore 14.30 - 15.30

Sala Conferenze CNR, Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Napoli

Prof Robert M Brosh, at the Section on DNA Helicases of the National Institute on Aging, NIH Biomedical research Center, Baltimore (USA), investigates the involvement of helicases in nuclear and mitochondrial genome stability at the cellular and molecular level. Helicases are molecular motors that catalytically unwind structured nucleic acids in an ATP-dependent manner.  The growing number of DNA helicases implicated in hereditary diseases and cancer strongly suggest that these enzymes have vital specialized roles in cellular pathways important for the maintenance of chromosomal integrity. 

Organizzato da:
IBP, CNR

Referente organizzativo:
Francesca Pisani
CNR - Istituto di biochimica delle proteine
Via P. Castellino, 111 80131 Napoli
fm.pisani@ibp.cnr.it
081/6132292

Modalità di accesso: ingresso libero