Canonical TTAGG-repeat telomeres and telomerase in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1345-1351

  Robertson, Hugh M ^a   Gordon, Karl H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME 5P; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HONEYBEE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BOMBYX; DNA; GENES, INSECT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRIBOLIUM;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 33750533396     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5085606     Document Type: Article

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