Telomerase Activity in Chicken EmbryoFibroblast Cell Cultures Infected withMarek's Disease Virus

Background:Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein, which adds telomeric repeats onto the 3’end of existing telomers at the end of chromosomes ineukaryotes. One hypothesis states that telomere length may function as a mitoticclock, therefore expression of telomerase activity in cancer cells may be a neces...

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Main Authors: Gregory A. Tannock, Mohammad Motamedifar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2010-07-01
Series:Middle East Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://mejc.sums.ac.ir/index.php/mejc/article/view/25/72