Telomere elongation in immortal human cells without detectable telomerase activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 1995, Pages 4240-4248

  Bryan, Tracy M ^a   Englezou, Anna ^a   Gupta, Jyothi ^b   Bacchetti, Silvia ^b   Reddel, Roger R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell hybrids; Immortal human cells; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

TUMOR VIRUS;

EID: 0029162563     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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