Evolutionary links between telomeres and transposable elements

Genetica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 73-84

  Pardue, M L ^a   Danilevskaya, O N ^a   Traverse, K L ^a   Lowenhaupt, K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Heterochromatin; Retrotransposable elements; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031438819     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018352706024     Document Type: Article

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