Lessons from mice without telomerase

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-312

  Lansdorp, Peter M ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0030671192     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.2.309     Document Type: Short Survey

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