Telomerase-mediated telomere addition in vivo requires DNA primase and DNA polymerases α and δ

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 723-733

  Diede, Scott J ^a,b   Gottschling, Daniel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; TELOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033598944     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81670-0     Document Type: Article

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