Two faces of Solanaceae telomeres: A comparison between Nicotiana and Cestrum telomeres and telomere-binding proteins

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 380-387

  Peska V ^a   Sykorova E ^a   Fajkus, J ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT EXTRACT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CESTRUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOMERE; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CESTRUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANACEAE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CESTRUM; CESTRUM PARQUI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SESSEA; SOLANACEAE; VESTIA;

EID: 59649113513     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167826     Document Type: Article

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