Cancer: Telomerase meets its mismatch

Raju Kucherlapati, Ronald A. DePinho

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Abstract

Cells cannot survive without telomeres, the sequences that cap the ends of chromosomes, so cancer cells activate a telomere-generating enzyme. Studies of yeast now hint that they have a second way to make telomeres.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)647-648
Number of pages2
JournalNature
Volume411
Issue number6838
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 7 2001
Externally publishedYes

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