Reconstitution of wild-type or mutant telomerase activity in telomerase-negative immortal human cells

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1137-1141

  Wen, Jianping ^a   Cong, Yu Sheng ^a   Bacchetti, Silvia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; PROTEINS; RNA; SKIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031801205     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.7.1137     Document Type: Article

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