In search of vertebrate telomeric proteins

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Protein; Telomerase; Telomere; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0013548743     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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