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Different telomere-length dynamics at the inner cell mass versus established embryonic stem (ES) cells

Elisa Varela, Ralph P. Schneider, Sagrario Ortega, and Maria A. Blasco
PNAS September 13, 2011 108 (37) 15207-15212; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1105414108
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  1. Edited by Inder M. Verma, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, and approved July 15, 2011 (received for review April 6, 2011)

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vol. 108 no. 37 15207-15212
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1105414108
PubMed: 
21873233

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue September 13, 2011.
  • Published first August 24, 2011.

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  1. Elisa Varelaa,
  2. Ralph P. Schneidera,
  3. Sagrario Ortegab, and
  4. Maria A. Blascoa,1
  1. aTelomeres and Telomerase Group, Molecular Oncology Program, and
  2. bTransgenics Unit, Biotechnology Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid E-28029, Spain
  1. Edited by Inder M. Verma, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, and approved July 15, 2011 (received for review April 6, 2011)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mblasco{at}cnio.es.
  • Author contributions: E.V. and M.A.B. designed research; E.V., R.P.S., and S.O. performed research; E.V. and M.A.B. analyzed data; and E.V. and M.A.B. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1105414108/-/DCSupplemental.

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