Telomeres and telomerase: A simple picture becomes complex

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Lundblad, Victoria ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; TELOMERASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CILIATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; YEAST;

CILIOPHORA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030297546     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81358-6     Document Type: Review

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