@article{91266, keywords = {Base Sequence, Cations, Magnesium, cell cycle, Molecular Sequence Data, Hot Temperature, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DNA Replication, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Plasmids, Telomere, RNA, Fungal, Telomerase, DNA, Fungal}, author = {Wellinger and Ethier and Labrecque and Zakian}, title = {Evidence for a new step in telomere maintenance.}, abstract = { The strand of telomeric DNA that runs 5{\textquoteright}-3{\textquoteright} toward a chromosome end is typically G rich. Telomerase-generated G tails are expected at one end of individual DNA molecules. Saccharomyces telomeres acquire TG1-3 tails late in S phase. Moreover, the telomeres of linear plasmids can interact when the TG1-3 tails are present. Molecules that mimic the structures predicted for telomere replication intermediates were generated in vitro. These in vitro generated molecules formed telomere-telomere interactions similar to those on molecules isolated from yeast, but only if both ends that interacted had a TG1-3 tail. Moreover, TG1-3 tails were generated in vivo in cells lacking telomerase. These data suggest a new step in telomere maintenance, cell cycle-regulated degradation of the C1-3A strand, which can generate a potential substrate for telomerase and telomere-binding proteins at every telomere. }, year = {1996}, journal = {Cell}, volume = {85}, pages = {423-33}, month = {05/1996}, issn = {0092-8674}, language = {eng}, }