Assaying and investigating Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres activity in human cells and cancers.

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Published in FEBS Lett on June 11, 2010

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Jeremy D Henson1, Roger R Reddel

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1: Children's Medical Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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