Human genetics: Testing telomerase

Robert Marciniak; Leonard Guarente

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Human genetics: Testing telomerase

Robert Marciniak, Leonard Guarente

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	370-373
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	413
Issue number	6854
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/35096663
State	Published - Sep 27 2001

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Marciniak, R., & Guarente, L. (2001). Human genetics: Testing telomerase. Nature, 413(6854), 370-373. https://doi.org/10.1038/35096663

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