Composition of plant telomeres

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1769, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 399-409

  Zellinger, Barbara ^a   Riha, Karel ^a  

^a GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Telobox; Telomerase; Telomere binding protein

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAMMAL; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PLANT; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249797561     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2007.02.001     Document Type: Review

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