A non-canonical function of topoisomerase II in disentangling dysfunctional telomeres

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2803-2811

  Germe, Thomas ^a   Miller, Kyle ^a,b   Cooper, Julia Promisel ^a  

^a National Cancer Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Telomeres; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COLD SENSITIVITY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TELOMERE;

ALLELES; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMES; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TELOMERE; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 70349194379     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.223     Document Type: Article

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