UPF1: A leader at the end of chromosomes

Nucleus

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Azzalin, Claus M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ATR; Genome stability; Replication; Telomerase; Telomeres; TERRA; TPP1; Transcription; UPF1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPFRAMESHIFT SUPPRESSOR 1;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; TELOMERE;

DNA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84860120619     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.3.1.18929s     Document Type: Article

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