A higher order of telomere regulation: Telomere heterochromatin and telomeric RNAs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2323-2336

  Schoeftner, Stefan ^a   Blasco, Maria A ^a  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigations Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Silencing; Telomeres; Telomeric chromatin

Indexed keywords

RNA;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; RNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 69249216410     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.197     Document Type: Review

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