Rap1 prevents telomere fusions by nonhomologous end joining

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3117-3127

  Pardo, Benjamin ^a,b   Marcand, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ATM; Chromosome fusion; Genomic instability; NHEJ; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; ISOENZYME; LIGASE; RAP PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MRE11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE (ATP); PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SAE2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TEL1 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; TEL1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 27144489538     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600778     Document Type: Article

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