Cap-prevented recombination between terminal telomeric repeat arrays (telomere CPR) maintains telomeres in Kluyveromyces lactis lacking telomerase

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1822-1834

  McEachern, Michael J ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cap prevented recombination; Kluyveromyces lactis; telomerase RNA; telomere maintenance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0029746495     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.14.1822     Document Type: Article

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