POT1 protects telomeres from a transient DNA damage response and determines how human chromosomes end

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2667-2678

  Hockemeyer, Dirk ^a   Sfeir, Agnel J ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^b   Wright, Woodring E ^b   De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

POT1; POT1 55; Telomerase; Telomere; TRF2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA DAMAGE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 23044500389     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600733     Document Type: Article

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