Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity; A Yin and Yang of Cell Senescence
Title:
Telomere Length and Telomerase Activity; A Yin and Yang of Cell Senescence
Author:
Axelrad, Mary Derasmo
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (728 seconds)
Series:
Biology
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Abstract:
An accurate, short, sophisticated and cheap method is described that assesses telomere length in multiple tissues and species using qRT-PCR. In addition, we will describe a simple assay to assess telomerase activity as a complementary backbone test for telomere length.
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For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/50246