Control of telomere length by the human telomeric protein TRF1

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6618, 1997, Pages 740-743

  Van Steensel, Bas ^a   De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; GENES, DOMINANT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031027618     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385740a0     Document Type: Article

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