The Analysis of Pendolino (peo) Mutants Reveals Differences in the Fusigenic Potential among Drosophila Telomeres

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Cenci, Giovanni ^a   Ciapponi, Laura ^a   Marzullo, Marta ^a   Raffa, Grazia D ^a   Morciano, Patrizia ^a   Raimondo, Domenico ^a   Burla, Romina ^a   Saggio, Isabella ^a   Gatti, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEO PROTEIN; TELOMERE CAPPING PROTEIN; TERMININ; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PENDOLINO TELOMERE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FUSION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME XR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENDOLINO; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE CAPPING; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; INSECT CHROMOSOME; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; TELOMERE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84937779983     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005260     Document Type: Article

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