The DNA structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 735-749

  Wellinger, R J ^a   Sen, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternative DNA structures; G tails; telomeric repeats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030978765     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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