To fuse or not to fuse: How do checkpoint and DNA repair proteins maintain telomeres?

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1105-1118

  Subramanian, Lakxmi ^a   Nakamura, Toru M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage checkpoint; DNA repair; Pot1; Review; Shelterin; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MRE11A PROTEIN, HUMAN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RAD50 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77956640538     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3664     Document Type: Article

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