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Gene disruption of a G4-DNA-dependent nuclease in yeast leads to cellular senescence and telomere shortening.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jun 1995
Liu Z, Lee A, Gilbert W
Abstract excerpt
The yeast gene KEM1 (also named SEP1/DST2/XRN1/RAR5) produces a G4-DNA-dependent nuclease that binds to G4 tetraplex DNA structure and cuts in a single-stranded region 5' to the G4 structure. G4-DNA generated from yeast telomeric oligonucleotides competitively inhibits the cleavage reaction, suggesting that this enzyme may interact with yeast telomeres in vivo. Homozygous deletions of the KEM1 gene in yeast block...
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