Role of alternative telomere lengthening unmasked in telomerase knock-out mutant plants

• Authors: RŮČKOVÁ Eva; FRIML Jiří; PROCHÁZKOVÁ SCHRUMPFOVÁ Petra; FAJKUS Jiří
• Year of publication: 2008
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Plant Molecular Biology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Genetics and molecular biology
• Keywords: Alternative telomere lengthening; plant; replicative telomere shortening
• Description: The influence of a number of cell divisions within a single plant generation on telomere length control was demonstrated and activation of alternative telomere lengthening was shown in early plant development.

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