Conditional telomerase induction causes proliferation of hair follicle stem cells

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7053, 2005, Pages 1048-1052

  Sarin, Kavita Y ^a   Cheung, Peggie ^a   Gilison, Daniel ^a   Lee, Eunice ^a   Tennen, Ruth I ^a   Wang, Estee ^a   Artandi, Maja K ^a   Oro, Anthony E ^a   Artandi, Steven E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; ENZYMES; TUMORS;

HAIR FOLLICLES; TRANSGENIC INDUCTION;

CELLS;

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RNA; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 23944516520     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03836     Document Type: Article

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