Short telomeres in yeast are highly recombinogenic

Molecular Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 695-704

  McEachern, Michael J ^a   Iyer, Shilpa ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; MARKER CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; YEAST CELL;

KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0035016368     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00215-5     Document Type: Article

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