Bookedited by Zhou Songyang.
Contents:
Introduction to telomeres and telomerase / Z. Songyang
Analysis of average telomere length in cultured human cells / D. Liu
Telomere length analysis by quantitative fluorescent in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) / I. Ourliac-Garnier and A. Londono-Vallejo
Telomere strand-specific length analysis by fluorescent in situ hybridization (Q-CO-FISH) / I. Ourliac-Garnier and A. Londono-Vallejo
Telomere G-overhang length measurement method 1: The DSN method / Y. Zhao, J.W. Shay and W.E. Wright
Telomere G-overhang length measurement method 2: G-tail telomere HPA / H. Tahara
Telomere terminal G/C strand synthesis: Measuring telomerase action and C-RICH fill-in / Y. Zhao, J.W. Shay and W.E. Wright
G-quadruplex structures and G-quadruplex-interactive compounds / R.I. Mathad and D. Yang
Analysis of yeast telomerase by primer extension assays / M. Hsu and N.F. Lue
Telomeric repeat amplification protocol: Measuring the activity of the telomerase / H. Xin
CO-FISH, COD-FISH, ReD-FISH, SKY-FISH / E.S. Williams [and others]
Visualization of human telomerase localization by fluorescence microscopy techniques / E. Abreu, R.M. Terns and M.P. Terns
Cytogenetic analysis of telomere dysfunction / A.S. Multani and S. Chang
Probing the telomere damage response / R. Rai and S. Chang
Analysis of telomere proteins by chromatin immunoprecipitation (CHIP) / W. Ma
Studying of telomeric protein-protein interactions by bi-molecular fluorescence complementation (BIFC) and peptide array-based assays / W. Ma, H. Kim and Z. Songyang
Human telomere POT1-TPP1 complex and its role in telomerase activity regulation / F. Wang and M. Lei.