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Telomerase

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Tandem affinity purification of AtTERT reveals putative interaction partners of plant telomerase in vivo

The life cycle of telomerase involves dynamic and complex interactions between proteins within multiple macromolecular networks. Elucidation of these associations is a key to understanding the regulation of telomerase under diverse physiological and pathol ...

Springer Wien2017

The telomeric DNA damage response occurs in the absence of chromatin decompaction

Suliana Manley, Joachim Lingner, Kyle Michael Douglass, Verena Pfeiffer, Aleksandra Vancevska

Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures that protect chromosome ends from DNA damage response (DDR) and DNA rearrangements. The telomeric shelterin protein TRF2 suppresses the DDR, and this function has been attributed to its abilities to trigge ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory2017

Peroxiredoxin 1 Protects Telomeres from Oxidative Damage and Preserves Telomeric DNA for Extension by Telomerase

Joachim Lingner, Viesturs Simanis, Wareed Ahmed, Sophie Redon, Eric Aeby

Oxidative damage of telomeres can promote cancer, cardiac failure, and muscular dystrophy. Specific mechanisms protecting telomeres from oxidative damage have not been described. We analyzed telomeric chromatin composition during the cell cycle and show th ...

Elsevier2016

TRF2-Mediated Control of Telomere DNA Topology as a Mechanism for Chromosome-End Protection

Eric Aeby

The shelterin proteins protect telomeres against activation of the DNA damage checkpoints and recombinational repair. We show here that a dimer of the shelterin subunit TRF2 wraps similar to 90 bp of DNA through several lysine and arginine residues localiz ...

Cell Press2016

NAD+ repletion improves mitochondrial and stem cell function and enhances life span in mice

Johan Auwerx, Matthias Lütolf, Kristina Schoonjans, Dongryeol Ryu, Hongbo Zhang, Davide D'Amico, Keir Joe Menzies, Xu Wang, Karim Laurent Gariani, Peiling Luan

Adult stem cells (SCs) are essential for tissue maintenance and regeneration yet are susceptible to senescence during aging. We demonstrate the importance of the amount of the oxidized form of cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) and its imp ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2016

No DDRama at chromosome ends: TRF2 takes centre stage

Liuh-Yow Chen, Antonio Porro, Sascha Feuerhahn

Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures capping the natural termini of eukaryotic linear chromosomes. Telomeres possess an inherent ability to circumvent the activation of a full-blown DNA damage response (DDR), and hence fusion reactions, by limiting inapp ...

Elsevier Science London2015

Telomere functions grounding on TERRA firma

Joachim Lingner

Long noncoding telomeric repeat-containing RNAs TERRAs - are transcribed in a regulated manner from telomeres throughout eukaryotes. TERRA molecules consist of chromosome end-specific subtelomeric sequences and telomeric repeats at their 3' ends. Recent wo ...

Elsevier Science London2015

Functional characterization of the TERRA transcriptome at damaged telomeres

Joachim Lingner, Jacques Rougemont, Antonio Porro, Sascha Feuerhahn

Telomere deprotection occurs during tumorigenesis and aging upon telomere shortening or loss of the telomeric shelterin component TRF2. Deprotected telomeres undergo changes in chromatin structure and elicit a DNA damage response (DDR) that leads to cellul ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Myogenic potential of canine craniofacial satellite cells

Marco Cassano

The skeletal fibers have different embryological origin; the extraocular and jaw-closer muscles develop from prechordal mesoderm while the limb and trunk muscles from somites. These different origins characterize also the adult muscle stem cells, known as ...

Frontiers Research Foundation2014