Subtelomeric factors antagonize telomere anchoring and Tel1-independent telomere length regulation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 857-867

  Hediger, Florence ^a   Berthiau, Anne Sophie ^b   Van Houwe, Griet ^a   Gilson, Eric ^b   Gasser, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Univ Claude Bernard   (France)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nuclear organization; Sir4; Telomerase; Telomeres; yKu

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; REB1 PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 4; SUBTELOMERIC PROTEIN; TBF1 PROTEIN; TEL1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE;

EID: 33644530693     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600976     Document Type: Article

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