Reconstitution of human telomerase activity in vitro

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Beattie, Tara L ^a   Zhou, Wen ^b   Robinson, Murray O ^b   Harrington, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

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EID: 0032576733     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70067-3     Document Type: Article

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