STN1 protects chromosome ends in Arabidopsis thaliana
Song X, Leehy K, Warrington R, Lamb J, Surovtseva Y, Shippen D. STN1 protects chromosome ends in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 19815-19820. PMID: 19064932, PMCID: PMC2604966, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807867105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromosome end protectionEnd chromosome fusionsOligonucleotide/oligosaccharideSignificant sequence similarityDNA repair machineryDouble-strand breaksDistinct subcomplexesMulticellular eukaryotesTelomere capChromosome fusionsArabidopsis thalianaTelomere proteinsChromosome endsSubtelomeric DNASchizosaccharomyces pombeShelterin componentsTelomere integrityVertebrate telomeresRepair machinerySequence similarityNucleolytic attackTelomere recombinationEnd protectionDevelopmental defectsStn1