Telomere Loops and Homologous Recombination-Dependent Telomeric Circles in a Kluyveromyces lactis Telomere Mutant Strain
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Cap-prevented recombination between terminal telomeric repeat arrays (telomere CPR) maintains telomeres in Kluyveromyces lactis lacking telomerase.
Deletion of the telomerase RNA gene (TER1) in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis results in gradual loss of telomeric repeats and progressively declining cell growth capability (growth senescence). We show that this initial growth senescence is characterized by abnormally large, defectively dividing cells and is delayed when cells initially contain elongated telomeres. However, cells that survive t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Cellular Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0270-7306,1098-5549
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01122-07