Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Eroded telomeres are rearranged in quiescent fission yeast cells through duplications of subtelomeric sequences

  • Laetitia Maestroni,
  • Julien Audry,
  • Samah Matmati,
  • Benoit Arcangioli,
  • Vincent Géli,
  • Stéphane Coulon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01894-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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How both telomere stability is regulated and dysfunctional telomeres processed in quiescent cells is poorly understood. Here, the authors provide evidence that eroded telomeres in quiescent fission yeast are rearranged by homologous recombination through duplications of subtelomeric sequences.