The catalytic and the RNA subunits of human telomerase are required to immortalize equid primary fibroblasts

Chromosoma

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 475-488

  Vidale, Pamela ^a   Magnani, Elisa ^a   Nergadze, Solomon G ^a   Santagostino, Marco ^a   Cristofari, Gael ^c   Smirnova, Alexandra ^a   Mondello, Chiara ^b   Giulotto, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TELOMERASE RNA COMPONENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE GENE; TELOMERASE RNA COMPONENT GENE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; EQUIDAE; FIBROBLASTS; HORSES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TRANSFECTION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867658125     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-012-0379-4     Document Type: Article

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