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Mre11-Rad50-Nbs complex is required to cap telomeres during Drosophila embryogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Jun 2009
Gao Guanjun, Bi Xiaolin, Chen Jie, Srikanta Deepa, Rong Yikang S
Abstract excerpt
Using Drosophila as a model system, we identified here a stringent requirement for Mre11-Rad50-Nbs (MRN) function in telomere protection during early embryonic development. Animals homozygous for hypomorphic mutations in either mre11 or nbs develop normally with minimal telomere dysfunction. However, they produce inviable embryos that succumb to failure of mitosis caused by covalent fusion of telomeric DNA....
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