Are Drosophila telomeres an exception or the rule?

Genome biology ·Vol. 3 ·No. 10 ·2002-09-27 ·Pages REVIEWS0007

Louis EJ

Abstract

At the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes are telomeres, specialized structures with unusual properties. Specific efforts to compare sequences and properties of telomeres across species can reveal the generalities of telomere properties.

MeSH Terms

Animals Cell Cycle/genetics,physiology Drosophila/genetics,physiology Evolution, Molecular Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics Telomere/genetics,physiology

Authors & Affiliations

1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Louis Edward J

Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. [email protected]

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Article Info

Journal

Genome biology

Abbr.

Genome Biol

ISSN

1474-760X

DOI

10.1186/gb-2002-3-10-reviews0007

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Published

2002-09-27

Epub

2002-00-27

Pages

REVIEWS0007

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

100960660

PMCID

PMC244910

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