Telomerase and differentiation in multicellular organisms: Turn it off, turn it on, and turn it off again

Differentiation

Volumn 69, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 188-197

  Forsyth, Nicholas R ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TELOMERE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHICKENS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0036362266     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2002.690412.x     Document Type: Review

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