Chk2 and p53 regulate the transmission of healed chromosomes in the Drosophila male germline.
When a dicentric chromosome breaks in mitosis, the broken ends cannot be repaired by normal mechanisms that join two broken ends since each end is in a separate daughter cell. However, in the male germline of Drosophila melanogaster, a broken end may be healed by de novo telomere addition. We find t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937212?pdf=render |