Est1 protects telomeres and inhibits subtelomeric Y′-element recombination

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1263-1274

  Tong, Xia Jing ^a   Li, Qian Jin ^a   Duan, Yi Min ^a   Liu, Ning Ning ^a   Zhang, Ming Liang ^a   Zhou, Jin Qiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EST1 GENE; FUSION GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-QUADRUPLEXES; GENE DELETION; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 79952261364     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00831-10     Document Type: Article

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