Evidence for a new step in telomere maintenance

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-433

  Wellinger, Raymund J ^a   Ethier, Katia ^a   Labrecque, Pascale ^a   Zakian, Virginia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029953557     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81120-4     Document Type: Article

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