The shelterin protein POT-1 anchors caenorhabditis elegans telomeres through SUN-1 at the nuclear periphery

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 727-735

  Ferreira, Helder C ^a   Towbin, Benjamin D ^a,c   Jegou, Thibaud ^a,b,d   Gasser, Susan M ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA; SHELTERIN PROTEIN POT 1; SUMO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE LENGTHENING OF TELOMERES; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOMERE;

EID: 84890837804     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201307181     Document Type: Article

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