Telomere end processing: Unexpected complexity at the end game

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1123-1127

  Lundblad, Victoria ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Dna replication; Okazaki fragment rna primer; Telomere overhangs

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; PRIMER RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MATURATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84861768346     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.195339.112     Document Type: Article

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