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Telomerase inhibition in RenCa, a murine tumor cell line with short telomeres, by overexpression of a dominant negative mTERT mutant, reveals fundamental differences in telomerase regulation between human and murine cells.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 2001
Sachsinger J, González-Suárez E, Samper E, Heicappell R, Müller M, Blasco M A
Abstract excerpt
In contrast to human primary fibroblasts, mouse embryonic fibroblasts have telomerase activity, immortalize spontaneously in culture, and can be neoplastically transformed by oncogenic insult. Ectopic expression of the human telomerase catalytic subunit, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), in human primary cells allows both spontaneous immortalization and neoplastic transformation by oncogenes. This...
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