Homologous recombination in human telomerase-positive and ALT cells occurs with the same frequency

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1138-1143

  Bechter, Oliver E ^a   Zou, Ying ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CLONE CELLS; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0347093485     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400027     Document Type: Article

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