Mouse models for the study of telomerase

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 211, 1997, Pages 160-176

  Blasco, María A ^a   Lee, Han Woong ^b   Rizen, Michael ^c   Hanahan, Douglas ^c   DePinho, Ron ^b   Greider, Carol W ^d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASM STAGING; RNA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031299239     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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