Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres is characterized by reduced compaction of telomeric chromatin

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4391-4405

  Episkopou, Harikleia ^a   Draskovic, Irena ^b   Van Beneden, Amandine ^a   Tilman, Gaëlle ^a   Mattiussi, Marina ^a   Gobin, Matthieu ^a   Arnoult, Nausica ^a,c   Londoño Vallejo, Arturo ^b   Decottignies, Anabelle ^a  

^a DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRX PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT CONTAINING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE LENGTHENING OF TELOMERE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; UPREGULATION;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DNA; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84899017741     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku114     Document Type: Article

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