Rap1p telomere association is not required for mitotic stability of a C3TA2 telomere in yeast

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1688-1696

  Alexander, Mary Kate ^a   Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RAP1; RIF2; Telomerase; Telomere; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC13P; PROTEIN RIF2P; PROTEIN TBF1P; RAP PROTEIN; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOMERE; URA3 GENE; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, FUNGAL; MITOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAP1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037388687     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg154     Document Type: Article

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