Telomerase does not counteract telomere shortening but protects mitochondrial function under oxidative stress

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1046-1053

  Ahmed, Shaheda ^a   Passos, João F ^a   Birket, Matthew J ^a   Beckmann, Tina ^a   Brings, Sebastian ^a   Peters, Heiko ^a   Birch Machin, Mark A ^a   von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a   Saretzki, Gabriele ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen; Telomerase; TERT

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEROXIDE; RNA; SUPEROXIDE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELOMERE;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 43149087522     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.019372     Document Type: Article

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