| Literature DB >> 18660531 |
Patrick H Maxwell1, M Joan Curcio.
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Ty1 retrotransposons in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are activated by telomere erosion. Ty1-dependent reverse transcription of mRNA from subtelomeric Y' repeats generates chimeric Y'-Ty1 cDNA. Here, we show that Y'-Ty1 cDNA is incorporated at eroding telomeres in the absence of telomerase. Telomeric incorporation of Y'-Ty1 cDNA promotes genome rearrangements.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18660531 PMCID: PMC2516100 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.089052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetics ISSN: 0016-6731 Impact factor: 4.562