Mass cultured human fibroblasts overexpressing hTERT encounter a growth crisis following an extended period of proliferation

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 336-350

  MacKenzie, Karen L ^a   Franco, Sonia ^a   May, Chad ^a   Sadelain, Michel ^a   Moore, Malcolm A S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFESPAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034666057     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.4982     Document Type: Article

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