Greider, C. W. (June 1993) Telomerase and telomere-length regulation: lessons from small eukaryotes to mammals. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 58. pp. 719-23. ISSN 0091-7451 (Print)
Abstract
Telomeres are molecular guardians of chromosome integrity. Broken chromosomes lacking telomeres often recombine to generate dicentrics and translocations that lead to chromosome rearrangements, amplification, and aneuploidy. The pioneering work of Müller and McClintock defined the telomere as the functional end of the chromosome, which is distinct from a random broken end (McClintock 1938; Müller 1938). As chromosome ends, telomeres are also faced with the problem of replicating the molecular 3′ end of a DNA molecule. The molecular mechanism of replicative DNA polymerases does not account for how molecular ends can be completely replicated (Watson 1972; Olovnikov 1973). This end-replication problem has been solved in nature in a variety of ways (for review, see Zakian 1989). The mechanism employed by most eukaryotic chromosomes is a baroque one: Sequence loss at the ends occurs but is compensated by de novo addition of telomeric sequences (for review, see Blackburn 1991).
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Base Sequence DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase/genetics/ metabolism Eukaryotic Cells Humans Mammals Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/ultrastructure RNA/genetics Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/metabolism/ultrastructure Telomere/ metabolism/ultrastructure Zea mays/genetics/metabolism/ultrastructure |
| Subjects: | organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > eukaryote organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > eukaryote organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > eukaryote organism description > animal > mammal bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > enzymes > telomerase bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > telomeres |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Greider lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | June 1993 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2016 16:16 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2016 16:16 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/32498 |
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