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The long reach of telomeres

The primary purpose of telomeres is to protect chromosome ends from erosion during cell division cycles. New observations suggest an additional function for telomeres, namely in gene silencing via formation of long-range chromatin interactions.

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Autor principal: Misteli, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.254573.114
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spelling pubmed-42332372015-05-15 The long reach of telomeres Misteli, Tom Genes Dev Perspective The primary purpose of telomeres is to protect chromosome ends from erosion during cell division cycles. New observations suggest an additional function for telomeres, namely in gene silencing via formation of long-range chromatin interactions. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2014-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4233237/ /pubmed/25403176 http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.254573.114 Text en Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed exclusively by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the first six months after the full-issue publication date (see http://genesdev.cshlp.org/site/misc/terms.xhtml). After six months, it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International), as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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