Telomeres in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Telomeres in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts

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Telomeres (red) in mouse embryonic fibroblasts; DNA damage (green) caused by ERK inhibition. ERK is an enzyme in the RAS pathway whose inhibition leads to TRF1 deactivation. The arrow shows telomere damage.

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