Characterizing the effects of N/NRTIs on human telomerase activity in vitro and telomere maintenance in a transformed human cell model
Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures found at the ends of most linear chromosomes. Telomeric DNA shortens with each cell division, effectively restricting the proliferative capacity of most human cells. Telomerase, a specialized reverse transcriptase (RT), is responsible for de novo synthesis of...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39773 |