Telomerase and its extracurricular activities

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 538-554

  Jaiswal, Rishi Kumar ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Yadava, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; RNA dependent RNA polymerase; Telomerase; Telomere; TERC; TERT

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TELOMERE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA REPLICASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84891343555     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-013-0105-0     Document Type: Review

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