Regulatory mechanisms of human and mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase gene transcription: Distinct dependency on c-Myc

Cytotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Fujiki, Tsukasa ^a   Udono, Miyako ^a   Kadooka, Keishi ^a   Yamashita, Shuntaro ^a   Miura, Takumi ^a   Shirahata, Sanetaka ^a   Katakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Myc; hTERT; mTERT; Telomerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS;

EID: 79951670794     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: 15730778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-010-9276-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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