Insights into the biomedical effects of carboxylated single-wall carbon nanotubes on telomerase and telomeres

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Yong ^a,b   Qu, Konggang ^a   Zhao, Chuanqi ^a   Wu, Li ^a   Ren, Jinsong ^a   Wang, Jiasi ^a   Qu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; UPREGULATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84867022915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2091     Document Type: Article

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