Telomerase protects developing neurons against DNA damage-induced cell death

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 167-171

  Lu, Chengbiao ^a   Fu, Weiming ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Camptothecin; Cancer; Etoposide; Hippocampus; p53; TERT; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETOPOSIDE; REPETITIVE DNA; TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETOPOSIDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PC12 CELLS; RATS; TELOMERASE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035955938     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(01)00237-1     Document Type: Article

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