Medaka tert produces multiple variants with differential expression during differentiation in vitro and in vivo

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-439

  Rao, Feng ^a,f   Wang, Tiansu ^a   Li, Mingyou ^a   Li, Zhendong ^a   Hong, Ni ^a   Zhao, Haobin ^a,c   Yan, Yan ^a,b   Lu, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Tiansheng ^a   Wang, Weijia ^a   Lim, Menghuat ^a   Yuan, Yongming ^a   Liu, Ling ^d   Zeng, Lingbing ^d   Wei, Qiwei ^d   Guan, Guijun ^e   Li, Changming ^b   Hong, Yunhan ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medaka; Pluripotency; Senescence; Telomerase; Tert; TRAP

Indexed keywords

ORYZIINAE;

EID: 79955765574     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.426     Document Type: Article

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