Open AccessDe Novo Telomere Formation in Arabidopsis Tetraploids
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.111.230611
Subject(s) - telomere , biology , chromosome , genetics , arabidopsis , dna replication , eukaryotic chromosome fine structure , homologous recombination , dna , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , mutant
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes, allowing complete replication of the chromosome and preventing the chromosome ends from being treated as broken DNA by repair mechanisms such as nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). Telomeres can also form de novo at the sites of chromosome breaks. However,
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