Since attrition of telomeres, DNA caps that protect chromosome integrity, is accelerated by various forms of stress, telomere length (TL) has been proposed as an indicator of lifetime accumulated stre
1Mutants generated have in-frame deletions in Giles gene 20; deletion sizes in base pairs (bp). 2Substrates were either oligonucleotides (name-length) or dsDNA as indicated. 3Plaques recovered from el