Regulation of cellular immortalization and steady-state levels of the telomerase reverse transcriptase through its carboxy-terminal domain

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2146-2159

  Middleman, Elaine J ^a   Choi, Jinkuk ^a   Venteicher, Andrew S ^a   Cheung, Peggie ^a   Artandi, Steven E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 33644774920     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.26.6.2146-2159.2006     Document Type: Article

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