Starting at the end: Telomeres and telomerase in arthropods

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 465-470

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Monti, Valentina ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

arthropods; de novo telomere synthesis; telomerase; telomere; telomere capping

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84888854401     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2012-0008     Document Type: Review

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