Developmentally regulated telomerase activity is correlated with chromosomal healing during chromatin diminution in Ascaris suum

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3457-3465

  Magnenat, Laurent ^a,b   Tobler, Heinz ^a   Müller, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ASCARIS SUUM; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032939353     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3457     Document Type: Article

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