Interactions of TLC1 (which encodes the RNA subunit of telomerase), TEL1, and MEC1 in regulating telomere length in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 6065-6075

  Ritchie, Kim B ^a   Mallory, Julia C ^a   Petes, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032793298     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.9.6065     Document Type: Article

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