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Telomerase Activity in Candidate Stem Cells From Fetal Liver and Adult Bone Marrow
1 May 1998
Abstract excerpt
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that synthesizes telomeric repeats onto the 3' ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Activation of telomerase may prevent telomeric shortening and correlates with cell immortality in the germline and certain tumor cells. Candidate hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from adult bone marrow express low levels of telomerase, which is upregulated with proliferation and/or...
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