Organization of chromosome ends in Ustilago maydis. RecQ-like helicase motifs at telomeric regions

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1043-1054

  Sánchez Alonso, Patricia ^a,b   Guzmán, Plinio ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA HELICASES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECQ HELICASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE; USTILAGO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0031971801     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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