Damaged Telomeres Get Stuck Together (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Damaged Telomeres Get Stuck Together

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Chronic oxidative damage to telomeres (green) on the ends of chromosomes (blue) causes chromosome fusions (white arrows).

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Fouquerel <em>et al</em>. (2019). <em>Mol Cell.</em>

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