Effects of reverse transcriptase inhibitors on telomere Length and telomerase activity in two immortalized human cell lines

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-65

  Strahl, Catherine ^a   Blackburn, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

2',3' DIDEOXYADENOSINE; 2',3' DIDEOXYGUANOSINE; DIDANOSINE; FOSCARNET; GUANINE ARABINOSIDE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELOMERE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ARABINONUCLEOSIDES; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDES; DNA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FOSCARNET; HUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0029655485     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.1.53     Document Type: Article

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