Telomere shortening in mTR(-/-) embryos is associated with failure to close the neural tube

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1172-1181

  Herrera, Eloísa ^a   Samper, Enrique ^a   Blasco, María A ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knock out mouse; Neural tube; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033104511     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.5.1172     Document Type: Article

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