Alternative lengthening of telomeres: remodeling the telomere architecture

To escape from the normal limits on proliferative potential, cancer cells must employ a means to counteract the gradual telomere attrition that accompanies semi-conservative DNA replication. While the majority of human cancers do this by up-regulating telomerase enzyme activity, most of the remainde...

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Main Authors: Conomos, Dimitri, Pickett, Hilda A., Reddel, Roger R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576624/