Expression of telomerase RNA template, but not telomerase reverse transcriptase, is limiting for telomere length maintenance in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 7024-7031

  Chiang, Y Jeffrey ^a   Hemann, Michael T ^c   Hathcock, Karen S ^a   Tessarollo, Lino ^d   Feigenbaum, Lionel ^e   Hahn, William C ^f   Hodes, Richard J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC REGULATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICE; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3543010768     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.16.7024-7031.2004     Document Type: Article

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