Developmentally regulated transcription of mammalian telomeres by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-236

  Schoeftner, Stefan ^a   Blasco, Maria A ^a  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SHELTERIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CELL STRESS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 38849111756     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1685     Document Type: Article

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