Developmental control of telomere lengths and telomerase activity in plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1691-1698

  Riha, Karel ^a   Fajkus, Jiri ^a   Siroky, Jiri ^a   Vyskot, Boris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

MELANDRIUM ALBUM; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0032191281     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1691     Document Type: Article

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