Variable telomeric repeat synthesis in Paramecium tetraurelia is consistent with misincorporation by telomerase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3233-3242

  McCormick Graham, Monica ^a   Haynes, W John ^b   Romero, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutagenesis; Paramecium; Telomerase RNA; Transformation

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030985292     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3233     Document Type: Article

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