Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cell biology

The not-so-odd couple

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Actively dividing cells do so at a risk — with each division, chromosome ends tend to shorten. Pairing proteins that promote cell division with a chromosome-end repair factor is a smart way to solve this problem.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: The TERT–β-catenin connection.

References

  1. Park, J.-I. et al. Nature 460, 66–72 (2009).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Blackburn, E. H. FEBS Lett. 579, 859–862 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Reya, T. & Clevers, H. Nature 434, 843–850 (2005).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Fuchs, E. J. Cell Biol. 180, 273–284 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Sarin, K. Y. et al. Nature 436, 1048–1052 (2005).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Flores, I., Cayuela, M. L. & Blasco, M. A. Science 309, 1253–1256 (2005).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Choi, J. et al. PLoS Genet. 4, e10 (2008).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Barker, N. et al. EMBO J. 20, 4935–4943 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Huelsken, J. et al. J. Cell Biol. 148, 567–578 (2000).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. McMahon A. P. & Moon, R. T. Cell 58, 1075–1084 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Rudolph, K. L. et al. Cell 96, 701–712 (1999).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Rajaraman, S. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 17747–17752 (2007).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Ikeya, M. & Takada, S. Mech. Dev. 103, 27–33 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Hardy, M. H. Trends Genet. 8, 55–61 (1992).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sarah E. Millar is in the Departments of Dermatology, and of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, M8D Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia 19104, USA. millars@mail.med.upenn.edu,

    Sarah E. Millar

Authors
  1. Sarah E. Millar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Millar, S. The not-so-odd couple. Nature 460, 44–45 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460044a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/460044a

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation