Telomeric armor: The layers of end protection

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4013-4025

  Oganesian, Liana ^a   Karlseder, Jan ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; ALT; Genome stability; Recombination; Shelterin; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; PROTEIN POT1; PROTEIN TIN2; PROTEIN TPP1; SHELTERIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T WAVE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70849126417     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.050567     Document Type: Article

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