Epigenetic telomere protection by Drosophila DNA damage response pathways

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 693-706

  Oikemus, Sarah R ^a   Queiroz Machado, Joana ^b,c   Lai, KuanJu ^a   McGinnis, Nadine ^a   Sunkel, Claudio ^b,d   Brodsky, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NIBRIN; PROTEIN HOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TELOMERE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MITOSIS; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE DELETION; MITOSIS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646946743     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020071     Document Type: Article

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