Normal
Cells
Yeast
Cells with Mutant Telomerase
They are abnormally large, do not divide properly and eventually die.
In our research we have marked yeast telomeres with a fluorescent molecule.
We hope that by visualizing telomeres we can better understand how mutant telomeres lead to aberrant cell growth.
© 2003 The Blackburn Lab, UCSF. Questions and inquiries to telomer@itsa.ucsf.edu
