Tag team at the telomeres

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Tag team at the telomeres

Tag team at the telomeres I t takes two crews of proteins to keep the telomeres in fi ne fettle, as Kim et al. show. TRF1 and TRF2 are just two of the proteins that ensure that a cell's telomeres remain long and structurally sound. Another protein, TIN2, links up with both molecules and with other proteins to form complexes that help maintain the telomeres. However, researchers weren't sure whe...

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Telomeres at a glance.

The linearity of chromosomes creates two major problems for eukaryotic cells: the end-replication problem and the endprotection problem. The end-replication problem stems from the inherent inability of the replication machinery to fully duplicate linear templates. The endprotection problem refers to the propensity of linear chromosome ends to be recognized as DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Bo...

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology

سال: 2008

ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.1813iti4