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Sumoylation and the structural maintenance of chromosomes (Smc) 5/6 complex slow senescence through recombination intermediate resolution.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Apr 2010
Chavez Alejandro, George Vanessa, Agrawal Vishesh, Johnson F Brad
Abstract excerpt
Telomeres are repetitive nucleoprotein structures that cap the ends of chromosomes. Without telomerase, telomeres shorten with replication and eventually signal cell cycle arrest (cell senescence). Homologous recombination (HR)-based mechanisms slow senescence, and distinct HR mechanisms support...
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