SIRT1 contributes to telomere maintenance and augments global homologous recombination

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1299-1313

  Palacios, Jose A ^a   Herranz, Daniel ^a   De Bonis, Maria Luigia ^a,b   Velasco, Susana ^a   Serrano, Manuel ^a   Blasco, Maria A ^a  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b Oncology Reference Center of Basilicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SIRTUIN 1; TELOMERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOMERE;

ACETYLATION; AGING; ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOMES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; SIRTUIN 1; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650747994     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201005160     Document Type: Article

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