A human homolog of yeast Est1 associates with telomerase and uncaps chromosome ends when overexpressed

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 568-574

  Reichenbach, Patrick ^a   Höss, Matthias ^a,c   Azzalin, Claus M ^a   Nabholz, Markus ^a   Bucher, Philipp ^b   Lingner, Joachim ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c Inpharmatica   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0037381155     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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