The pif1 helicase, a negative regulator of telomerase, acts preferentially at long telomeres.

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). Here, we report that the association of the telomerase su...

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Main Authors: Jane A Phillips, Angela Chan, Katrin Paeschke, Virginia A Zakian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4408051?pdf=render