Identification of two distinct elements mediating activation of telomerase (hTERT) gene expression in association with cell growth in human T cells

International Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-215

  Matsumura Arioka, Yuuki ^a   Ohtani, Kiyoshi ^a   Hara, Toshifumi ^a   Iwanaga, Ritsuko ^a   Nakamura, Masataka ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; hTERT; IL 2; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 13844294377     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh201     Document Type: Article

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