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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Philipp Oberdoerffer
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13120 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell 20081101 5
Genomic instability and alterations in gene expression are hallmarks of eukaryotic aging. The yeast histone deacetylase Sir2 silences transcription and stabilizes repetitive DNA, but during aging or in response to a DNA break, the Sir complex relocalizes to sites of genomic instability, resulting in the desilencing of genes that cause sterility, a characteristic of yeast aging. Using embryonic stem cells, we show that mammalian Sir2, SIRT1, represses repetitive DNA and a functionally diverse set ...[more]