Telomerase activity in human germline and embryonic tissues and cells

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Wright, Woodring E ^a   Piatyszek, Mieczyslaw A ^a   Rainey, William E ^a   Byrd, William ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer cells; cellular aging; development; germline; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DIPLOIDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0029872174     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:2<173::AID-DVG10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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