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DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit is not required for dysfunctional telomere fusion and checkpoint response in the telomerase-deficient mouse.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Mar 2007
Maser Richard S, Wong Kwok-Kin, Sahin Erguen, Xia Huili, Naylor Maria, Hedberg H Mason, Artandi Steven E, DePinho Ronald A
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Telomeres are key structural elements for the protection and maintenance of linear chromosomes, and they function to prevent recognition of chromosomal ends as DNA double-stranded breaks. Loss of telomere capping function brought about by telomerase deficiency and gradual erosion of telomere ends or by experimental disruption of higher-order telomere structure culminates in the fusion of defective telomeres...
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