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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823409503321

Titolo

Telomeres : function, shortening and lengthening / / Leonardo Mancini, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009

ISBN

1-60876-720-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ManciniLeonardo

Disciplina

572.8/7

Soggetti

Telomere

Telomerase

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Telomere dynamics and biology in human progeroid syndromes / Terence Davis, Hannah S.E. Tivey, and David Kipling -- The role of telomere-telomerase system in age-related fitness decline : a tameable process / Giacinto Libertini -- Cytogenetic evaluation of telomere dysfunction : chromosomal aberrations involving telomeres and interstitial telomeric sequences / Alejandro D. Bolzán -- Telomeres-telomerase biology and their role in renal and other chronic diseases / Kordinas Vasileios ... [et al.] -- Telomerase and telomere dynamics in cancer : clinical application for cancer diagnosis / Eiso Hiyama, Keiko Hiyama -- Telomeres and chromosome segregation / Antonella Sgura and Daniela Cimini -- Telomere-based genome-protective responses : a mammalian improvement on the bacterial SOS response? / Barbara A. Gilchrest, Mark S. Eller -- Telomere lengthening from oocyte to embryonic stem cell / Eva Pericuesta ... [et al.] -- Transcriptional activity at the telomeres of chironomus (diptera) : its possible role in the lengthening of the telomeres / J.L. Diez ... [et al.] --

Telomerase activity : application to diagnosis of human carcinoma / Liliana N. Guerra -- Telomere shortening in diabetes mellitus / Nicholas Tentolouris, Athanasia Papazafiropoulou -- Do alterations in the three-dimensional organization of telomeres indicate malignant transformation? / Sandrine Lacoste, Hans Knecht, and Sabine Mai -- Telomeres : function, shortening and lengthening / Barry Flanary -- Telomerase regulation in stem cells : how to flip the switch? / Rich



Allsopp -- Telomere maintenance mechanisms in bone and soft tissue tumors / Toshihiro Matsuo ... [et al.] -- Genetic polymorphisms of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) : mini review / Yumiko Matsubara, Mitsuru Murata, and Yasuo Ikeda -- Genetic inhibition of telomere lengthening in cancer prevention and treatment / F. Mathias Bollmann -- Telomeres : function, shortening, and lengthening / Barry Flanary -- Clinical implications of telomerase activity in human brain tumors / Hyoung-Joon Chun ... [et al.].