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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2026

Taming Mre11-Rad50 at Telomeres: Convergent Strategies for Chromosome-End Protection Across Evolution.

Florian Roisné-Hamelin, Stephan Gruber

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Florian Roisné-HamelinDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8390-2485
Stephan GruberDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0150-0395

Funding

EMBO Postdoctoral fellowship ALTF 302-2022SNSF project 320030-227915
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomere biology is often framed as a uniquely eukaryotic problem, yet the challenges of maintaining DNA ends are shared by all organisms harboring linear DNA, including viral entities. Telomeres enable complete replication of chromosome ends while shielding the termini from DNA repair factors and innate immune surveillance systems that would otherwise recognize them as damaged or foreign DNA. A particular threat is posed by Mre11-Rad50, a nuclease complex conserved from bacteria to humans that specializes in the detection and processing of DNA ends. The solutions to these DNA end-related challenges that have emerged across the tree of life converge on a small number of recurring strategies. Here, we review how diverse biological systems, from bacteriophages to mammals, have solved the DNA end-related challenges, with a particular focus on recent advances in our understanding of end protection.

Indexed as

DNA-Binding ProteinsExodeoxyribonucleasesMRE11 Homologue ProteinTelomereAcid Anhydride HydrolasesAnimalsDNA RepairDNA ReplicationEvolution, MolecularHumansAcid Anhydride HydrolasesDNA-Binding ProteinsExodeoxyribonucleasesMRE11 Homologue ProteinRAD50 protein, humanend protection problemend replication problemMRNMRXPhage N15Rif2SbcCDTelNtelomerasetelomere

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PMID42905107
PMCPMC13685816

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