Telomeres in fungi

Topics in Current Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages 101-130

  Cohn, Marita ^b   Liti, Gianni ^a   Barton, David B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33947373036     PISSN: 16102096     EISSN: 16106970     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/4735_108     Document Type: Article

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