Telomerase activation in mouse mammary tumors: Lack of detectable telomere shortening and evidence for regulation of telomerase RNA with cell proliferation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3765-3772

  Broccoli, D ^a   Godley, L A ^b,c   Donehower, L A ^d   Varmus, H E ^b   De Lange, T ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; MYELOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029941676     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3765     Document Type: Article

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