Expression of telomerase and telomere length are unaffected by either age or limb regeneration in Danio rerio.

BACKGROUND:The zebrafish is an increasingly popular model for studying many aspects of biology. Recently, ztert, the zebrafish homolog of the mammalian telomerase gene has been cloned and sequenced. In contrast to humans, it has been shown that the zebrafish maintains telomerase activity for much of...

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Main Authors: Troy C Lund, Tiffany J Glass, Jakub Tolar, Bruce R Blazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766636?pdf=render