The differential processing of telomeres in response to increased telomeric transcription and RNA-DNA hybrid accumulation

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-100

  Balk, Bettina ^a   Dees, Martina ^a   Bender, Katharina ^a   Luke, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exo1; R loop; RNA DNA hybrid; RNase H; Senescence; Telomere; TERRA

Indexed keywords

EXO1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RAD52 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA; TELOMERIC REPEAT CONTAINING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL VIABILITY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA RECOMBINATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EXO1; R-LOOP; RNA-DNA HYBRID; RNASE H; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; TERRA;

BACTERIA; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 84896804371     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.27798     Document Type: Review

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