Distribution of TTAGG-specific telomerase activity in insects

Chromosome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 495-503

  Korandová, Michala ^a   Krůček, Tomáš ^a,b   Vrbová, Kristýna ^a   Frydrychová, Radmila Čapková ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Insects; telomerase; telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ACHETA DOMESTICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHID FABAE; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CARAUSIUS MOROSUS; COCKROACH; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; FORMICA RUFA; GRAPHODERUS CINEREUS; GRYLLUS ASSIMILIS; HYMENOPTERA; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMNEPHILUS DECIPIENS; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PHASMATODEA; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILPHA OBSCURA; STERNORRHYNCHA; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL; THYSANURA; TRICHOPTERA; ANIMAL; BOMBYX; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DNA REPLICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84916226829     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-014-9436-6     Document Type: Article

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