TERRA transcription destabilizes telomere integrity to initiate break-induced replication in human ALT cells
Abstract Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) is a Break-Induced Replication (BIR)-based mechanism elongating telomeres in a subset of human cancer cells. While the notion that spontaneous DNA damage at telomeres is required to initiate ALT, the molecular triggers of this physiological telomer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24097-6 |