Testing telomerase

Robert Marciniak () and Leonard Guarente ()
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Robert Marciniak: University of Texas Health Science Center
Leonard Guarente: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2001, vol. 413, issue 6854, 371-373

Abstract: The molecular defect in the human disease dyskeratosis congenita is a reduction in function of telomerase. This discovery provides a direct test of the importance of this enzyme in ageing and cancer.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/35096663

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