Terminin: A protein complex that mediates epigenetic maintenance of Drosophila telomeres

Nucleus

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Raffa, Grazia D ^a   Ciapponi, Laura ^a   Cenci, Giovanni ^b   Gatti, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Telomere fusion; Telomeres; Terminin

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TERMININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 80054688743     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.2.5.17873     Document Type: Review

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