Telomere tales: Chromatin, telomerase and telomere function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-49

  Lowell, J E ^a   Pillus, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Recombination; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Silencing; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CHROMATIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031963719     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050123     Document Type: Review

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