Posttranslational control of telomere maintenance and the telomere damage response

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1524-1534

  Peuscher, Marieke H ^a   Jacobs, Jacqueline J L ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA repair; Genomic instability; Posttranslational modification; SUMOylation; Telomeres; Ubiquitylation

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTONE H2AX; PROTEIN CDC13; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN TNKS1; TANKYRASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUMOYLATION; TELOMERE; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84860318501     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.19847     Document Type: Review

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