Telomere length dynamics in telomerase-positive immortal human cell populations

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 370-378

  Bryan, Tracy M ^a   Englezou, Anna ^a   Dunham, Melissa A ^a   Reddel, Roger R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immortalization; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL POPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031869107     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3907     Document Type: Article

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