Inhibition of telomerase activity correlates with a decrease in the RNA component of telomerase during differentiation

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Kobayashi, Tohru ^a,b   Clodi, Katharina ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Ruan, Sanbao ^a   Shiku, Hiroshi ^b   Andreeff, Michael ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^c   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

CD11b; Differentiation; HL60 cells; Telomerase activity; Telomerase RNA component

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030743252     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.1.13     Document Type: Article

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