Expression of telomerase and telomere length are unaffected by either age or limb regeneration in Danio rerio

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lund, Troy C ^a   Glass, Tiffany J ^a   Tolar, Jakub ^a   Blazar, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GILL; HEART; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIFESPAN; LIMB REGENERATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPLEEN; TELOMERE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIMB; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REGENERATION; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGENERATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70450191458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007688     Document Type: Article

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