Cancer Letters
Volume 194, Issue 2 , Pages 139-154 , 15 May 2003

Biochemical aspects of telomerase function

Received 15 September 2002 ,Revised 5 November 2002 ,Accepted 8 November 2002.

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Cancer Letters
Volume 194, Issue 2 , Pages 139-154 , 15 May 2003

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