Telomeres in fishes

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 114-125

  Ocalewicz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromosome fusions; Chromosomes; Fish; Telomerase; Telomeres; Telomeric DNA sequences

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SATELLITE DNA; TELOMERASE; DNA;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHARACIFORMES; CHELON LABROSUS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DIPLOIDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOGFISH; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EEL; ERYTHRINUS ERYTHRINUS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS CARAPO; GYMNOTUS SYLVIUS; HARTTIA CARVALHOI; HARTTIA TORRENTICOLA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONIZING RADIATION; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; KILLIFISH; LIZA AURATA; LIZA RAMADA; LIZA SALIENS; MICROCHROMOSOME; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGIL CUREMA; MUGIL LIZA; MUGULIFORMES; NEROPHIS OPHIDION; NONHUMAN; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; OEDALECHILUS LABEO; OREOCHROMIS KARONGAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PERCIFORMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RHODEUS OCELLATUS KURUMEUS; RINELORICARIA LIMA; RING CHROMOSOME; SALMONIFORMES; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; SCORPAENA NOTATA; SHARK; SILURIFORMES; SISTER CHROMATID; SPARUS AURATA; SPARUS AURATUS; TAENIURA LYMMA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TORPEDO; TORPEDO OCELLATA; X CHROMOSOME; XENOPUS LAEVIS; Y CHROMOSOME; ZEBRA FISH; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; HYBRIDIZATION; METAPHASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA DAMAGE; FISHES; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84888027593     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354278     Document Type: Article

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