Dysfunctional telomeres in primary cells from Fanconi anemia FANCD2 patients [PDF]
© 2012 Joksic et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium ...
Marija Guc-Scekic +35 more
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The human telomeric proteome during telomere replication [PDF]
Abstract Telomere shortening can cause detrimental diseases and contribute to aging. It occurs due to the end replication problem in cells lacking telomerase. Furthermore, recent studies revealed that telomere shortening can be attributed to difficulties of the semi-conservative DNA replication machinery to replicate the bulk of ...
Chih-Yi Gabriela Lin +5 more
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TERC polymorphisms are associated both with susceptibility to colorectal cancer and with longer telomeres. [PDF]
Shorter telomeres have been associated with increased risk of malignancy, including colorectal cancer (CRC). Telomere length is heritable and may be an intermediate phenotype linked to genetic susceptibility to ...
Tomlinson, IP +63 more
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Effects of BRCA2 deficiency on telomere recombination in non-ALT and ALT cells [PDF]
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2011 Sapir et al.Background: Recent studies suggest that BRCA2 affects telomere maintenance.
Slijepcevic, P +11 more
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TRF2 controls telomeric nucleosome organization in a cell cycle phase-dependent manner [PDF]
Mammalian telomeres stabilize chromosome ends as a result of their assembly into a peculiar form of chromatin comprising a complex of non-histone proteins named shelterin.
Giraud-Panis, Marie-Josèphe +45 more
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Telomere lengths in human oocytes, cleavage stage embryos and blastocysts [PDF]
Telomeres are repeated sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes and harbour DNA-repair proteins. Telomeres shorten during each cell division in the absence of telomerase.
J. Rai +7 more
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Suv4-20h abrogation enhances telomere elongation during reprogramming and confers a higher tumorigenic potential to iPS cells [PDF]
Reprogramming of adult differentiated cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) cells has been achieved by over-expression of specific transcription factors.
Maria A. Blasco +13 more
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Telomeres, the protective ends of linear chromosomes, shorten throughout an individual’s lifetime. Telomere shortening is a hallmark of molecular aging and is associated with premature appearance of diseases associated with aging.
Christian Bär, Maria A. Blasco
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The pif1 helicase, a negative regulator of telomerase, acts preferentially at long telomeres. [PDF]
Telomerase, the enzyme that maintains telomeres, preferentially lengthens short telomeres. The S. cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase inhibits both telomerase-mediated telomere lengthening and de novo telomere addition at double strand breaks (DSB).
Jane A Phillips +3 more
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XPF activates break-induced telomere synthesis
Here the authors show TERRA R-loops recruit the endonuclease XPF to telomeres, leading to DNA double-strand breaks to activate break-induced telomere synthesis at telomeres that utilize the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway to extend ...
Chia-Yu Guh +15 more
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