Uncapping and deregulation of telomeres lead to detrimental cellular consequences in yeast

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-214

  Smith, Christopher D ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Chromosome aberrations; Kluyveromyces lactis; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KLUYVEROMYCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0345643517     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.2.203     Document Type: Article

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