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A genome wide analysis of the response to uncapped telomeres in budding yeast reveals a novel role for the NAD+ biosynthetic gene BNA2 in chromosome end protection

Amanda Greenall1,2, Guiyuan Lei2,3, Daniel C Swan4, Katherine James2,5, Liming Wang6, Heiko Peters6, Anil Wipat2,5, Darren J Wilkinson2,3 and David Lydall1,2,7*

Author Affiliations

1 Aging Research Laboratories, Institute for Aging and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK

2 Centre for Integrated Systems Biology of Aging and Nutrition, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK

3 School of Mathematics & Statistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

4 Bioinformatics Support Unit, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK

5 Institute of Human Genetics, International Centre for Life, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK

6 School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

7 Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK

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Genome Biology 2008, 9:R146 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-10-r146

Published: 1 October 2008

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Additional data file 1:

RT-PCR analysis of heat shock gene expression.

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Quality control of microarray strains and samples.

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Table A lists differentially expressed genes in cdc13-1 strains. Tables B-N list genes in QT clusters 1-13, respectively.

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Table A shows GOstats analysis of up-regulated genes. Table B shows GOstats analysis of down-regulated genes. Table C shows GOstats analysis of genes altered in CDC13+ strains. Table D shows GOstats analysis of genes altered in cdc13-1 strains that are not cell cycle regulated. Tables E-Q show GOstats analysis of genes in QT clusters 1-13 respectively.

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Expression of HSP12, MSC1 and CTT1 during the microarray time course.

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Table A lists differentially expressed genes in both cdc13-1 and tlc1Δ. Table B lists genes altered in cdc13-1 but not in tlc1Δ.

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Table A lists transcription factor genes up-regulated in cdc13-1 strains. Table B lists transcription factor genes down-regulated in cdc13-1 strains.

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