Accessory Proteins and Metephase Chromosomes (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Accessory Proteins and Metephase Chromosomes

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A) Shelterin recruits accessory proteins to the telomeres that facilitate the complex process of telomere copying and maintenance associated with cell multiplication. B) Representative images of metaphase chromosomes of cells with functional telomeres (top) and dysfunctional telomeres that result in chromosomal fusions (bottom).

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