Telomere maintenance and DNA replication: How closely are these two connected?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 439-446

  Chakhparonian, Mikhail ^a   Wellinger, Raymund J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENE; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENE;

EID: 0041704526     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00135-5     Document Type: Review

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