Chromatin structure in telomere dynamics

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 3 MAR, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Galati, Alessandra ^a   Micheli, Emanuela ^a   Cacchione, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Telomere; Telomere dynamics; Telomeric chromatin

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DAXX PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; KU ANTIGEN; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE PIN1; POLO LIKE KINASE 1; PROTEIN RAD9; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIRTUIN 1; SIRTUIN 6; TANKYRASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84890762805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00046     Document Type: Review

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