1. Introduction to Telomeres and Telomerase
Zhou Songyang
2. Analysis of Average Telomere Length in Cultured Human Cells
Dan Liu
3. Telomere Length Analysis by Quantitative Fluorescent In situ Hybridization (Q-FISH)
Isabelle Ourliac-Garnier and Arturo Londoño-Vallejo
4. Telomere Strand-Specific Length Analysis by Fluorescent In situ Hybridization (Q-CO-FISH)
Isabelle Ourliac-Garnier and Arturo Londoño-Vallejo
5. Telomere G-Overhang Length Measurement Method 1: The DSN Method
Yong Zhao, Jerry W. Shay, and Woodring E. Wright
6. Telomere G-Overhang Length Measurement Method 2: G-Tail Telomere HPA
Hidetoshi Tahara
7. Telomere Terminal G/C Strand Synthesis: Measuring Telomerase Action and C-rich Fill-In
Yong Zhao, Jerry W. Shay, and Woodring E. Wright
8. G-Quadruplex Structures and G-Quadruplex-Interactive Compounds
Raveendra I. Mathad and Danzhou Yang
9. Analysis of Yeast Telomerase by Primer Extension Assays
Min Hsu and Neal F. Lue
10. Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol (TRAP): Measuring the Activity of the Telomerase
Huawei Xin
11. CO-FISH, COD-FISH, ReD-FISH, SKY-FISH
Eli S. Williams, Michael N. Cornforth, Edwin H. Goodwin, and Susan M. Bailey
12. Visualization of Human Telomerase Localization by Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Eladio Abreu, Rebecca M. Terns, and Michael P. Terns
13. Cytogenetic Analysis of Telomere Dysfunction
Asha Multani and Sandy Chang
14. Probing the Telomere Damage Response
Relcha Rai and Sandy Chang
15. Analysis of Telomere Proteins by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)
Wenbin Ma
16. Studying of Telomeric Protein-Protein Interactions by Bi-Molecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) and Peptide Array-Based Assays
Wenbin Ma, Hyeung Kim, and Zhou Songyang
17. Human Telomere POT1-TPP1 Complex and Its Role in Telomerase Activity Regulation
Feng Wang and Ming Lei
