Telomeres and telomerase in Candida albicans |
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Authors: | Yu Eun Young |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology & Immunology, W. R. Hearst Microbiology Research Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY 10065, USA. euy2001@med.cornell.edu |
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Abstract: | Telomeres are the nucleoprotein structures at the ends of linear chromosomes and maintain the genomic integrity through multiple cell divisions. Telomeres protect the chromosome ends from degradation, end-to-end fusion and abnormal recombination and they also promote the end replication. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most well-studied model system with regard to telomere and telomerase regulation. Recently, the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans has emerged as an attractive model system for investigating telomere biology. Candida underwent rapid evolutionary divergence with respect to telomere sequences. Concomitant with the evolutionary divergence of telomere sequences, telomere repeat binding factors and telomerase components have also evolved, leading to differences in their functions and domain structures. Thus, the comparative analysis of the telomeres and telomerase-related factors in the budding yeast has provided a better understanding on both conserved and variable aspects of telomere regulation. In this review, I will discuss telomeres and telomerase-related factors and their functions in telomere and telomerase regulation in C. albicans. |
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Keywords: | Candida albicans telomeres telomerase complex telomere binding proteins |
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