Telomeres in Drag: dressing as DNA damage to engage telomerase

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-220

  Rog, Ofer ^a   Cooper, Julia Promisel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; RAP1 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 44349190452     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.01.011     Document Type: Review

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