Lack of telomerase activity in human mesenchymal stem cells

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1146-1149

  Zimmermann, S ^a   Voss, M ^a   Kaiser, S ^a   Kapp, U ^a   Waller, C F ^a   Martens, U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesenchymal stem cells; MSC; Telomerase; Telomere; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; TELOMERASE;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

EID: 0038717085     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402962     Document Type: Article

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