Telomerases, 1st Edition, 9780470592045
Hardcover
Unraveling telomerase: structure, function, aging, cancer, and retrotransposon secrets.

Telomerases, 1st Edition

Chemistry, Biology, and Clinical Applications

$364.15

  • Hardcover

    318 pages

  • Release Date

    11 June 2012

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Summary

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date review and evaluation of the contemporary status of telomerase research. Chapters in this volume cover the basic structure, mechanisms, and diversity of the essential and regulatory subunits of telomerase. Other topics include telomerase biogenesis, transcriptional and post-translational regulation, off-telomere functions of telomerase and the role of telomerase in cellular senescence, aging and cancer. Its relationship to retrotransposons, a class …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780470592045
ISBN-10:0470592044
Author:Chantal Autexier, Neal F. Lue
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:318
Edition:1st
Release Date:11 June 2012
Weight:611g
Dimensions:241mm x 163mm x 23mm
About The Author

Chantal Autexier

NEAL F. LUE, MD, PHD, is Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He received his BS from Johns Hopkins University and his MD and PhD from Stanford University. His laboratory studies the structures and mechanisms of the telomere and telomerase complexes in a variety of fungal model systems.

CHANTAL AUTEXIER, PHD, is Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and the Department of Medicine at McGill University. She received her BSc from Concordia University and her PhD from McGill University. Her laboratory studies the mechanisms that regulate telomerase and telomere functions in mammalian cells, and evaluates the principles of anticancer strategies that target these mechanisms.

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