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Telomerase-defective budding yeast cells escape senescence by using homologous recombination to amplify telomeric or subtelomeric structures. Similarly, human cells that enter senescence can use homologous recombination for telomere maintenance, when telomerase cannot be activated. Although recombination proteins required to generate telomerase-independent survivors have been intensively studied, little is known about the nucleases that generate the substrates for recombination. Here we demonstrate that the Exo1 exonuclease is an initiator of the recombination process that allows cells to escape senescence and become immortal in the absence of telomerase. We show that EXO1 is important for generating type I survivors in yku70Δ mre11Δ cells and type II survivors in tlc1Δ cells. Moreover, in tlc1Δ cells, EXO1 seems to contribute to the senescence process itself.
Author(s): Maringele L, Lydall D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Genetics
Year: 2004
Volume: 166
Issue: 4
Pages: 1641-1649
ISSN (print): 0016-6731
ISSN (electronic): 1943-2631
Publisher: Genetics Society of America
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.166.4.1641
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.166.4.1641
PubMed id: 15126386
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