Complex sentence: Components of the Ku-dependent non-homologous endjoining pathway are involved in telomeric length maintenance and telomeric silencing "EMBO J" 17:1819--28 PMID 9501103 Ku is also required for subtelomeric silencing, the process by which genes located near telomeres are turned off.
Split into simpler sentences: Components of the Ku-dependent non-homologous endjoining pathway are involved in telomeric length maintenance and telomeric silencing. EMBO J.17:1819--28 PMID 9501103 Ku is also required for subtelomeric silencing, the process by which genes located near telomeres are turned off.