Telomerase inhibition:strategies and protocols

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Tollefsbol Trygve O.; Andrews Lucy G.
Published: Humana Quantum [distributor],
Publisher Address: Totowa, N.J. Paisley
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Methods in molecular biology ; 405
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Carrier Form: x, 193 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781588296832 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1588296830 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: R979
CLC: R979.1
Q555
Q524
Call Number: Q555/T277
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Methods of telomerase inhibition -- Telomerase inhibition by synthetic nucleic acids and chemosensitization in human bladder cancer cell lines -- hTERT knockdown in human embryonic kidney cells using double-stranded RNA -- RNA interference using a plasmid construct expressing a short-hairpin RNA -- Retrovirus-mediated RNA interference -- Telomerase inhibition and telomere targeting in hematopoietic cancer cell lines with small non-nucleosidic synthetic compounds (BIBR1532) -- Uses of telomerase peptides in anti-tumor immune therapy -- Establishing cell-based reporter systems for the analysis of hTERT expression -- Telomerase RNA inhibition using antisense oligonucleotide against human telomerase RNA linked to a 2',5'-oligoadenylate -- Knockdown of telomerase RNA using hammerhead ribozymes and RNA interference -- Evaluation of tankyrase inhibition in whole cells -- Inhibition of telomerase by targeting MAP kinase signaling -- Screening of telomerase inhibitors -- Telomerase inhibition combined with other chemotherapeutic reagents to enhance anti-cancer effect.