The Candida albicans Ku70 modulates telomere length and structure by regulating both telomerase and recombination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Chico, Lidia ^a   Ciudad, Toni ^a   Hsu, Min ^b   Lue, Neal F ^b   Larriba, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; KU70 GENE; NONHUMAN; TELOMERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 80051978815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023732     Document Type: Article

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