T-loops and the origin of telomeres

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-329

  De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; T WAVE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1842683257     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1359     Document Type: Review

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