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SUBMITTER: Deng Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4356630 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell reports 20141211 6
Telomeres protect the ends of cellular chromosomes. We show here that infection with herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) results in chromosomal structural aberrations at telomeres and the accumulation of telomere dysfunction-induced DNA damage foci (TIFs). At the molecular level, HSV-1 induces transcription of telomere repeat-containing RNA (TERRA), followed by the proteolytic degradation of the telomere protein TPP1 and loss of the telomere repeat DNA signal. The HSV-1-encoded E3 ubiquitin ligase IC ...[more]