Both transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms regulate human telomerase template RNA levels

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3989-3997

  Yi, Xiaoming ^a   Tesmer, Valerie M ^a   Savre Train, Isabelle ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033049185     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.3989     Document Type: Article

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