Telomeres: has cancer's Achilles' heel been exposed?

被引:14
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作者
Zumstein, LA [1 ]
Lundblad, V
机构
[1] Introgen Therapeut Inc, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Baylor Coll Med, Dept Mol & Human Genet, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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D O I
10.1038/13451
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Telomerase allows cells to grow indefinitely, and is expressed in the majority of human cancers. New data suggest, however, that telomere maintenance might be a stumbling block on the path to immortalization and that inhibition of telomere replication can attenuate human cancer cell growth (pages 1164–1170) .
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页码:1129 / 1130
页数:2
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