Telomere shortening associated with chromosome instability is arrested in immortal cells which express telomerase activity.

Christopher M. Counter; Ariel A. Avilion; Catherine LeFeuvre; Nancy Stewart; Carol W. Greider; Calvin B. Harley; Silvia Bacchetti

doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05245.x

Keywords

TelomereTelomeraseBiologyDicentric chromosomeChromosomeChromosome instabilityMolecular biologyGeneticsGenome instabilityDNA replicationDNACell biologyKaryotypeGeneDNA damage

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McMaster University CA

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Year: 1992
Type: article
Volume: 11
Issue: 5
Pages: 1921-1929
Citations: 2099
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                                    Christopher M. Counter, 
                                
                                    Ariel A. Avilion, 
                                
                                    Catherine LeFeuvre
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1992). 
                            Telomere shortening associated with chromosome instability is arrested in immortal cells which express telomerase activity.. 
                            The EMBO Journal
                            , 11
                            (5)
                            , 1921-1929.
                            https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05245.x
                        

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DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05245.x