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Preferred term

Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • MCM Protein Complex

Note

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Scope note

  • A family of proteins that were originally identified in SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE as being essential for maintaining the structure of minichromosomes00. They form into a protein complex that has helicase activity and is involved in a variety of DNA-related functions including replication elongation, RNA transcription, chromatin remodeling, and genome stability.

History note

  • 2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064110

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