Inter-telomeric recombination is present in telomerase-positive human cells

Cell Cycle

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2084-2099

  Dlaska, Margit ^a   Schöffski, Patrick ^b   Bechter, Oliver E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ALT; Homologous recombination; Immortal; Recombination reporter; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPE; REPORTER GENE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84879746028     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.25136     Document Type: Article

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