Components of the ribosome biogenesis pathway underlie establishment of telomere length set point in Arabidopsis

Liliia R. Abdulkina; Callie Kobayashi; John T. Lovell; Inna B. Chastukhina; Behailu B. Aklilu; Inna A. Agabekian; Ana V. Suescún; Lia R. Valeeva; Chuluuntsetseg Nyamsuren; Galina V. Aglyamova; Margarita R. Sharipova; Dorothy E. Shippen; Thomas E. Juenger; Eugene V. Shakirov

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13448-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Components of the ribosome biogenesis pathway underlie establishment of telomere length set point in Arabidopsis

Liliia R. Abdulkina,
Callie Kobayashi,
John T. Lovell,
Inna B. Chastukhina,
Behailu B. Aklilu,
Inna A. Agabekian,
Ana V. Suescún,
Lia R. Valeeva,
Chuluuntsetseg Nyamsuren,
Galina V. Aglyamova,
Margarita R. Sharipova,
Dorothy E. Shippen,
Thomas E. Juenger,
Eugene V. Shakirov

Affiliations

Liliia R. Abdulkina: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Callie Kobayashi: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University
John T. Lovell: Genome Sequencing Center, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Inna B. Chastukhina: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Behailu B. Aklilu: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University
Inna A. Agabekian: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Ana V. Suescún: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University
Lia R. Valeeva: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Chuluuntsetseg Nyamsuren: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Galina V. Aglyamova: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Margarita R. Sharipova: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Dorothy E. Shippen: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University
Thomas E. Juenger: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Eugene V. Shakirov: Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13448-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Major effect loci controlling natural, heritable variation in telomere length are not known. Here, the authors use QTL mapping and transgenic manipulations in Arabidopsis to implicate the rRNA-processing genes NOP2A and RPL5 in telomere length set point regulation in this model species.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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