Regulation of telomere length and homeostasis by telomerase enzyme processivity

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 676-687

  D'Souza, Yasmin ^a,b   Lauzon, Catherine ^b   Chu, Tsz Wai ^a,b   Autexier, Chantal ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fragile sites; Processivity; Telomerase; Telomere; Trimming

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ARM; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE EXTENSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SISTER CHROMATID; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; RABBITS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 84876073475     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.119297     Document Type: Article

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