Taming the tiger by the tail: modulation of DNA damage responses by telomeres

Telomeres are by definition stable and inert chromosome ends, whereas internal chromosome breaks are potent stimulators of the DNA damage response (DDR). Telomeres do not, as might be expected, exclude DDR proteins from chromosome ends but instead engage with many DDR proteins. However, the most pow...

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Main Author: Lydall, David
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722249/