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Telomeres: Chromosome Sentinels

Telomeres: Chromosome Sentinels

Hardcover

Biology

ISBN10: 1789450977
ISBN13: 9781789450972
Publisher: Wiley-Iste
Published: Jul 23 2024
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.61
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Telomeres are specialized DNA-protein structures that protect the ends of chromosomes to maintain their integrity. They are chromosome sentinels. This book, written by multiple authors, presents current knowledge and the most recent discoveries relating to telomeres.

The first chapters describe telomere structures (DNA and proteins), organization, dynamics and replication in a range of organisms including ciliates, yeast and mammals. The following chapters cover mechanisms that maintain telomere length involving telomerase and Alternative Lengthening Telomeres (ALT) mechanisms. Interestingly, telomeres are transcribed into repetitive RNA called TERRA (Telomeric repeat-containing RNA), the state of the art regarding mammalian telomere transcripts is presented here.

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