Telomere maintenance, function and evolution: The yeast paradigm

Chromosome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 535-548

  Teixeira, M T ^a   Gilson, E ^a  

^a University Lyon i   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA replication; Evolution; Telomerase; Telomere; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 23944502886     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-0999-0     Document Type: Review

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