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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Yeast telomeres consist of approximately 300 nt of degenerate repeats with the consensus sequence G(2-3)(TG)(1-6). We developed a method for the amplification of a genetically marked telomere by PCR, allowing precise length and sequence determination of the G-rich strand including the 3' terminus. We examined wild-type cells, telomerase RNA deficient cells and a strain deleted for YKU70, which encodes for a protein involved in telomere maintenance and DNA double strand break repair. The 3' end of the G-rich strand was found to be at a variable position within the telomeric repeat. No preference for either thymine or guanine as the 3' base was detected. Comparison of telomere sequences from clonal populations revealed that telomeres consist of a centromere-proximal region of stable sequence and a distal region with differing degenerate repeats. In wild-type as well as yku70-Delta cells, variation in the degenerate telomeric repeats was detected starting 40-100 nt from the 3' end. Sequence divergence was abolished after deletion of the telomerase RNA gene. Thus, this region defines the domain where telomere shortening and telomerase-mediated extension occurs. Since this domain is much larger than the number of nucleo-tides lost per generation in the absence of telomerase, we propose that telomerase does not extend a given telomere in every cell cycle.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1362-4962
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2690-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Antigens, Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-DNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-DNA Helicases, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:10908324-Telomere
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Telomerase-dependent repeat divergence at the 3' ends of yeast telomeres.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't