Telomeres and the nucleus

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-124

  Novo, Clara Lopes ^a   Londoño Vallejo, J Arturo ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nuclear organization; Telomere; Telomere length maintenance; Telomere nuclear distribution

Indexed keywords

LAMIN A; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA REPLICATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84875582820     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: 10963650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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