Telomere length dynamics and chromosomal instability in cells derived from telomerase null mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 589-601

  Hande, M Prakash ^b   Samper, Enrique ^a   Lansdorp, Peter ^b,c   Blasco, María A ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chromosome fusions; Q FISH; Telomerase deficient mice; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 2; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033593814     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.4.589     Document Type: Article

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