The structure and properties of mammalian telomerase and their potential impact on human disease

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-13

  Morin, Gregg B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chromosome; DNA replication; Enzyme regulation; Ribonucleoprotein; RNA; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0010585575     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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