Telomere variation in Xenopus laevis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 269-275

  Bassham, Susan ^a   Beam, Aaron ^a   Shampay, Janis ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RNA SEQUENCE; TELOMERE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MUS SPRETUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031972952     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.1.269     Document Type: Article

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