Rap1 and Cdc13 have complementary roles in preventing exonucleolytic degradation of telomere 5′ ends

Abstract Telomere DNA ends with a single-stranded 3′ overhang. Long 3′ overhangs may cause aberrant DNA damage responses and accelerate telomere attrition, which is associated with cancer and aging, respectively. Genetic studies have indicated several important players in preventing 5′ end hyper-res...

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Main Authors: Rikard Runnberg, Saishyam Narayanan, Marita Cohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08663-x