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Growth defects in mouse telomerase RNA-deficient cells expressing a template-mutated mouse telomerase RNA.
Cancer letters - 18 Mar 2009
Marie-Egyptienne Delphine T, Brault Marie Eve, Nimmo Graeme A M, Londoño-Vallejo J Arturo, Autexier Chantal
Abstract excerpt
Cellular viability requires telomere maintenance, which, in mammals, is mainly mediated by the reverse transcriptase telomerase. Telomerase core components are a catalytic subunit TERT and an RNA subunit TR (hTR in humans, mTR in mouse) that carries the template to generate telomeres de novo. Telomere dysfunction can lead to senescence or apoptosis and impairs the continued growth of immortal cancerous cell...
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