Structure, function, and replication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomeres

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 141-172

  Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cancer; chromatin; chromosome; posi tion effects; replication; telomerase; telomeres; yeast

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

AGING; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030474816     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.30.1.141     Document Type: Review

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