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Telomere maintenance by telomerase and by recombination can coexist in human cells
1 Sept 2001
Abstract excerpt
Immortal human cells maintain their telomeres by two independent mechanisms, a prevalent one dependent on de novo synthesis of telomeric DNA by telomerase, and a rarer one based on telomere recombination [alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT)]. Studies with yeast have indicated that expression of telomerase inhibits telomere recombination. In the present study, we have investigated whether expression of...
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