Plant cells express telomerase activity upon transfer to callus culture, without extensively changing telomere lengths

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 470-474

  Fajkus, J ^a,b   Fulneckova J ^b   Hulanova M ^b   Berkova K ^b   Riha K ^a   Matyasek R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Plant telomere dynamics; Plant tissue culture; Telomerase activity; Telomerase regulation; Telomere lengths

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; TELOMERE; TOBACCO;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0345003923     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050918     Document Type: Article

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