Survival and growth of yeast without telomere capping by Cdc13 in the absence of Sgs1, Exo1, and Rad9.
Maintenance of telomere capping is absolutely essential to the survival of eukaryotic cells.Telomere capping proteins, such as Cdc13 and POT1, are essential for the viability of budding yeast and mammalian cells, respectively.Here we identify, for the first time, three genetic modifications that allow budding yeast cells to survive without telomere