Molecular analysis of telomere fusions in Arabidopsis: Multiple pathways for chromosome end-joining

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2304-2313

  Heacock, Michelle ^a   Spangler, Elizabeth ^a,b   Riha, Karel ^c   Puizina, Jasna ^c   Shippen, Dorothy E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ku70; Mre11; NHEJ; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; KU ANTIGEN; MRE11 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME FUSION JUNCTION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 3042598668     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600236     Document Type: Article

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