Telomere protection without a telomerase: The role of ATM and Mre11 in Drosophila telomere maintenance

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1348-1353

  Bi, Xiaolin ^a   Wei, Su Chin D ^a   Rong, Yikang S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MRE11 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE (ATP); PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA LIGASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 4143075951     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.063     Document Type: Article

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