Developmentally regulated initiation of DNA synthesis by telomerase: Evidence for factor-assisted de novo telomere formation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2507-2518

  Bednenko, Janna ^a   Melek, Meni ^a,b   Greene, Eric C ^a   Shippen, Dorothy E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome healing; Development; DNA synthesis initiation; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMENOPHOREA; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUPLOTES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; POLYMENOPHOREA;

EID: 0030977010     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2507     Document Type: Article

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