Dysfunction of Chromatin Assembly Factor 1 Induces Shortening of Telomeres and Loss of 45S rDNA in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Authors	MOZGOVÁ Iva MOKROŠ Petr FAJKUS Jiří
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Plant Cell
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	telomere; rDNA; chromatin assembly
Description	We report that disruption of CAF1 function by fas mutations in Arabidopsis results in telomere shortening and loss of 45S rDNA, while other repetitive sequences (5S rDNA, centromeric 180-bp repeat, CACTA, and Athila) are unaffected.
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