Two types of telomeric chromatin in Tetrahymena thermophila

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-344

  Cohen, Phil ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non nucleosomal telomeric complex; Telomere; Telomere lengthening; Telomeric nucleosomes; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0032540986     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1867     Document Type: Article

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