Plasmodium falciparum telomerase: De novo telomere addition to telomeric and nontelomeric sequences and role in chromosome healing

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 919-925

  Bottius, Emmanuel ^a   Bakhsis, Nassera ^a   Scherf, Artur ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031932446     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.2.919     Document Type: Article

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