The Saccharomyces cerevisiae WRN homolog Sgs1p participates in telomere maintenance in cells lacking telomerase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 905-913

  Johnson, F Brad ^a,b,c   Marciniak, Robert A ^a,c,d   McVey, Mitch ^a   Stewart, Sheila A ^e   Hahn, William C ^b,e,f   Guarente, Leonard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALT; Replicative senescence; SGS1; Telomeres; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; HELICASE SGS1P; HELICASE WRN; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST;

DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0035865143     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.4.905     Document Type: Article

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