Recombination-based telomere maintenance is dependent on Tel1-MRN and Rap1 and inhibited by telomerase, Taz1, and Ku in fission yeast

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1443-1455

  Subramanian, Lakxmi ^a   Moser, Bettina A ^a   Nakamura, Toru M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN; NIBRIN; PROEIN RAD22; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TAZ1; RAP1 PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; RAP1 PROTEIN, S POMBE; TAZ1 PROTEIN, S POMBE; TEL1 PROTEIN, S POMBE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE; YEAST; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 40749085686     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01614-07     Document Type: Article

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