Large telomerase RNA, telomere length heterogeneity and escape from senescence in Candida glabrata

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3605-3610

  Kachouri Lafond, R ^a   Dujon, B ^b   Gilson, E ^c   Westhof, E ^a   Fairhead, C ^b   Teixeira, M T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Senescence; Subtelomere; Telomerase; Telomerase RNA; Telomere

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SENESCENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL DIVISION; DNA, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA, FUNGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

CANDIDA GLABRATA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 72049104792     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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