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The alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway may operate in non‐neoplastic human cells
12 Aug 2011
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The alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) mechanism represents an alternative to the enzyme telomerase in the maintenance of mammalian telomeres in 25-60% of sarcomas and a minority of carcinomas (about 5-15%). ALT-positive cells are distinguished by long and heterogeneous telomere length distributions by terminal restriction fragment (TRF) Southern blotting. Another diagnostic marker of ALT is discrete...
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