Nature vs nurture: Interplay between the genetic control of telomere length and environmental factors

Cell Cycle

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3465-3470

  Harari, Yaniv ^a   Romano, Gal Hagit ^a   Ungar, Lior ^a   Kupiec, Martin ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Genome stability; Homeostasis; Telomeres; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA; NITROGEN; RAPAMYCIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; CANCER; GENOME STABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERES; YEAST;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIROLIMUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84890364812     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.26625     Document Type: Article

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