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ArticleNucleic acids research2014

Telomere length kinetics assay (TELKA) sorts the telomere length maintenance (tlm) mutants into functional groups.

Linda Rubinstein, Lior Ungar, Yaniv Harari, Vera Babin, Shay Ben-Aroya, Gabor Merenyi, Lisette Marjavaara, Andrei Chabes, Martin Kupiec

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Linda RubinsteinDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Lior UngarDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Yaniv HarariDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Vera BabinDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Shay Ben-AroyaFaculty of Life Sciences Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Gabor MerenyiDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Lisette MarjavaaraDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Andrei ChabesDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Martin KupiecDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel martin@post.tau.ac.il.
Tel Aviv University · ILUmeå University · SEBar-Ilan University · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide systematic screens in yeast have uncovered a large gene network (the telomere length maintenance network or TLM), encompassing more than 400 genes, which acts coordinatively to maintain telomere length. Identifying the genes was an important first stage; the next challenge is to decipher their mechanism of action and to organize then into functional groups or pathways. Here we present a new telomere-length measuring program, TelQuant, and a novel assay, telomere length kinetics assay, and use them to organize tlm mutants into functional classes. Our results show that a mutant defective for the relatively unknown MET7 gene has the same telomeric kinetics as mutants defective for the ribonucleotide reductase subunit Rnr1, in charge of the limiting step in dNTP synthesis, or for the Ku heterodimer, a well-established telomere complex. We confirm the epistatic relationship between the mutants and show that physical interactions exist between Rnr1 and Met7. We also show that Met7 and the Ku heterodimer affect dNTP formation, and play a role in non-homologous end joining. Thus, our telomere kinetics assay uncovers new functional groups, as well as complex genetic interactions between tlm mutants.

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MutationBlotting, SouthernDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA End-Joining RepairPeptide SynthasesRibonucleotide ReductasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTelomere HomeostasisDNA-Binding Proteinsfolylpolyglutamate synthetasehigh affinity DNA-binding factor, S cerevisiaePeptide SynthasesRibonucleotide ReductasesRnr1 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsYKU70 protein, S cerevisiae

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