Block in anaphase chromosome separation caused by a telomerase template mutation

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5305, 1997, Pages 1478-1481

  Kirk, Karen E ^a,c   Harmon, Brian P ^b   Reichardt, Isabel K ^a   Sedat, John W ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIDS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOTIC INDEX; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0031047642     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5305.1478     Document Type: Article

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