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Reactivation of telomerase in cancer.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Apr 2016
Akincilar Semih Can, Unal Bilal, Tergaonkar Vinay
Abstract excerpt
Activation of telomerase is a critical step in the development of about 85 % of human cancers. Levels of Tert, which encodes the reverse transcriptase subunit of telomerase, are limiting in normal somatic cells. Tert is subjected to transcriptional, post-transcriptional and epigenetic regulation, but the precise mechanism of how telomerase is re-activated in cancer cells is poorly understood. Reactivation of the...
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