Telomerase and ATM/Tel1p protect telomeres from nonhomologous end joining

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1379-1387

  Chan, Simon W L ^a,b   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME; DISASTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037716757     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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