The telomere lengthening mechanism in telomerase-negative immortal human cells does not involve the telomerase RNA subunit

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 921-926

  Bryan, Tracy M ^a   Marušić, Lidija ^b   Bacchetti, Silvia ^b   Namba, Masayoshi ^c   Reddel, Roger R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030916582     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.6.921     Document Type: Article

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