TelNet - a database for human and yeast genes involved in telomere maintenance
Abstract Background The ends of linear chromosomes, the telomeres, comprise repetitive DNA sequences in complex with proteins that protects them from being processed by the DNA repair machinery. Cancer cells need to counteract the shortening of telomere repeats during replication for their unlimited...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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Series: | BMC Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-018-0617-8 |