Preliminary development of an assay for detection of TERT expression, telomere length, and telomere elongation in single cells.

The telomerase enzyme enables unlimited proliferation of most human cancer cells by elongating telomeres and preventing replicative senescence. Despite the critical importance of telomerase in cancer biology, challenges detecting telomerase activity and expression in individual cells have hindered t...

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Main Authors: Ajay Ravindranathan, Beth Cimini, Morgan E Diolaiti, Bradley A Stohr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206525