Role of alternative telomere lengthening unmasked in telomerase knock-out mutant plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-646

  Růčková, Eva ^a,b   Friml, Jiří ^a,c   Procházková Schrumpfová, Petra ^a   Fajkus, Jiří ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ALT; Alternative telomere lengthening; Replicative telomere shortening; Telomerase deficient plants

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT SEED; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; MUTATION; SEEDS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 40949100959     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9295-7     Document Type: Article

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