Telomere recombination accelerates cellular aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Xiao Fen ^a   Meng, Fei Long ^a   Zhou, Jin Qiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TELOMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVOR; TELOMERE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

CELL AGING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 67651238707     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000535     Document Type: Article

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