Las imágenes de fluorescencia de superresolución de los telómeros revelan la formación de bucles T dependientes de

Ylli Doksani1, John Y Wu2,3, Titia de Lange1

  • 1Laboratory for Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.

Cell
|October 15, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

La microscopía de súper resolución revela que la proteína TRF2 es esencial para la formación de los bucles t de los telómeros, que protegen los extremos de los cromosomas. Este hallazgo explica cómo TRF2 previene la señalización de daños en el ADN y la unión de los extremos de los telómeros.

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