Telomere length regulation during cloning, embryogenesis and ageing

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Schaetzlein, S ^a   Rudolph, K Lenhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pot1; Telomerase; Telomere binding proteins; TRF1; TRF2

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; HOLOENZYME; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; AGING; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLONING; COW; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BOVINAE; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 12144280599     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd04112     Document Type: Review

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