End Resection Initiates Genomic Instability in the Absence of Telomerase

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8450-8461

  Hackett, Jennifer A ^a   Greider, Carol W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Molec Biology and Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXONUCLEASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; DIPLOIDY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENDONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0242721689     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.23.8450-8461.2003     Document Type: Article

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