Telomere length and radiosensitivity in human fibroblast clones immortalized by ectopic telomerase expression

Oncology Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1605-1609

  Zongaro, Samantha ^a   Verri, Annalisa ^a,c   Giulotto, Elena ^b   Mondello, Chiara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human fibroblasts; Immortalization; Radiosensitivity; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; COBALT; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBROBLAST; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LD 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELOMERE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 48849095194     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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