DNA repair at telomeres: Keeping the ends intact

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Webb, Christopher J ^a   Wu, Yun ^a,b   Zakian, Virginia A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Protein Potential LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA HELICASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROPOSON; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YEAST;

DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EID: 84878934258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012666     Document Type: Article

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