Maintenance of double-stranded telomeric repeats as the critical determinant for cell viability in yeast cells lacking Ku

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2182-2193

  Gravel, Serge ^a   Wellinger, Raymund J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA; TELOMERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036119253     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.7.2182-2193.2002     Document Type: Article

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