Progressive cis-inhibition of telomerase upon telomere elongation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3509-3519

  Marcand, Stéphane ^a,b   Brevet, Vanessa ^a   Gilson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Flippase; Telomerase; Telomere; Yeast

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ALLELES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0033564210     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3509     Document Type: Article

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