5' C-rich telomeric overhangs are an outcome of rapid telomere truncation events

DNA Repair

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-245

  Oganesian, Liana ^a   Karlseder, Jan ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

C overhangs; T loops; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; XRCC3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

BASE COMPOSITION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 2; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84875364012     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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