Telomere maintenance and length regulation in Trypanosoma brucei

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2332-2339

  Horn, David ^a   Spence, Cheryl ^a   Ingram, Alexandra K ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Telomerase; Telomere; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0034657668     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.10.2332     Document Type: Article

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