Ku80 is involved in telomere maintenance but dispensable for genomic stability in Leishmania mexicana.

• Main Authors: Ester Poláková (Author), Amanda T S Albanaz (Author), Alexandra Zakharova (Author), Tatiana S Novozhilova (Author), Evgeny S Gerasimov (Author), Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Telomeres are indispensable for genome stability maintenance. They are maintained by the telomere-associated protein complex, which include Ku proteins and a telomerase among others. Here, we investigated a role of Ku80 in Leishmania mexicana. Leishmania is a genus of...