Telomeres and telomerase activity in scleractinian corals and Symbiodinium spp.

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Zielke, Sandra ^a   Bodnar, Andrea ^a  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; MADRACIS; MADRACIS DECACTIS; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

TELOMERASE;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77954578364     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv218n2p113     Document Type: Article

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