Ectopic telomerase expression inhibits neuronal differentiation of NT2 neural progenitor cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Richardson, R Mark ^a   Nguyen, Binh ^a   Holt, Shawn E ^a   Broaddus, William C ^a,b   Fillmore, Helen L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioma; hTERT; Neural progenitor cell; Neuronal differentiation; NT2; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TRETINOIN; TUBULIN;

EID: 34250370523     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.03.079     Document Type: Article

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