Mammalian Telomeres End in a Large Duplex Loop

@article{Griffith1999MammalianTE,
  title={Mammalian Telomeres End in a Large Duplex Loop},
  author={Jack D. Griffith and Laurey D. Comeau and S I Rosenfield and Rachel M. Stansel and Alessandro Bianchi and Heidi Moss and Titia de Lange},
  journal={Cell},
  year={1999},
  volume={97},
  pages={503-514}
}
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