Up-regulation of telomerase in human B lymphocytes occurs independently of cellular proliferation and with expression of the telomerase catalytic subunit

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3745-3753

  Hu, Branda T ^a   Insel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Human; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G1 PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RNA; TELOMERASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032729434     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199911)29:11<3745::AID-IMMU3745>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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