Telomere-telomere recombination is an efficient bypass pathway for telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 8083-8093

  Teng, Shu Chun ^a   Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0033513079     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.12.8083     Document Type: Article

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