telomere capping

id: GO:0016233
name: telomere capping
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in which telomeres are protected from degradation and fusion, thereby ensuring chromosome stability by protecting the ends from both degradation and from being recognized as damaged DNA. May be mediated by specific single- or double-stranded telomeric DNA binding proteins.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0000723telomere maintenance