Open AccessTelomere and telomerase in the initial stage of immortalization of esophageal epithelial cell
Author(s) -
Zhong-Ying Shen,
Li Xu,
EnMin Li,
Weijia Cai,
Minhua Chen,
Jian Shen,
Yi Zeng
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v8.i2.357
Subject(s) - telomerase , telomere , telomerase reverse transcriptase , biology , cell cycle , apoptosis , flow cytometry , microbiology and biotechnology , cell growth , cell culture , cancer research , dna , gene , genetics
To search for the biomarker of cellular immortalization, the telomere length, telomerase activity and its subunits in cultured epithelial cells of human fetal esophagus in the process of immortalization.