Telomere maintenance is dependent on activities required for end repair of double-strand breaks

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 657-662

  Nugent, Constance I ^a   Bosco, Giovanni ^b   Ross, Lyle O ^a   Evans, Sara K ^a   Salinger, Andrew P ^a   Moore, J Kent ^b   Haber, James E ^b   Lundblad, Victoria ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRAND BREAK; EPISTASIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032554797     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70253-2     Document Type: Article

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