Elimination of replication block protein Fob1 extends the life span of yeast mother cells

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-455

  Defossez, Pierre Antoine ^a   Prusty, Reeta ^b   Kaeberlein, Matt ^a   Lin, Su Ju ^a   Ferrigno, Paul ^c,d   Silver, Pamela A ^c,d   Keil, Ralph L ^b   Guarente, Leonard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOLIN; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; LIFESPAN; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033120871     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80472-4     Document Type: Article

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