Parameters Affecting Telomere-Mediated Chromosomal Truncation in Arabidopsis[W]

摘要

This work describes the development of a robust and quantitative system for elucidating the sequences and trans-acting factors required for de novo telomere formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. We determine that genetic redundancy and the nonhomologous end-joining factors Ku and Lig4 facilitate higher levels of de novo telomere formation.