Genome stability in Arabidopsis cells exhibiting alternative lengthening of telomeres

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Akimcheva, S ^a   Zellinger, B ^a   Riha, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PLANT DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; TELOMERE;

ANAPHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; MITOSIS; PLOIDIES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59649116918     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167827     Document Type: Article

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