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Hackett, J.A., and Greider, C.W. (2003). End resection initiates genomic instability in the absence of telomerase. Mol Cell Biol 23, 8450-8461. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.23.23.8450-8461.2003

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Hemann, M.T., Rudolph, K.L., Strong, M.A., DePinho, R.A., Chin, L., and Greider, C.W. (2001). Telomere dysfunction triggers developmentally regulated germ cell apoptosis. Mol Biol Cell 12, 2023-2030. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.12.7.2023

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Greenberg, R.A., Chin, L., Femino, A., Lee, K.H., Gottlieb, G.J., Singer, R.H., Greider, C.W., and DePinho, R.A. (1999). Short dysfunctional telomeres impair tumorigenesis in the INK4a(delta2/3) cancer-prone mouse. Cell 97, 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80761-8

Chin, L., Artandi, S.E., Shen, Q., Tam, A., Lee, S.L., Gottlieb, G.J., Greider, C.W., and DePinho, R.A. (1999). p53 deficiency rescues the adverse effects of telomere loss and cooperates with telomere dysfunction to accelerate carcinogenesis. Cell 97, 527-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80762-x

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Buchkovich, K.J., and Greider, C.W. (1996). Telomerase regulation during entry into the cell cycle in normal human T cells. Mol Biol Cell 7, 1443-1454. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.7.9.1443

Blasco, M.A., Rizen, M., Greider, C.W., and Hanahan, D. (1996). Differential regulation of telomerase activity and telomerase RNA during multi-stage tumorigenesis. Nat Genet 12, 200-204. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0296-200

Avilion, A.A., Piatyszek, M.A., Gupta, J., Shay, J.W., Bacchetti, S., and Greider, C.W. (1996). Human telomerase RNA and telomerase activity in immortal cell lines and tumor tissues. Cancer Res 56, 645-650. 

Autexier, C., Pruzan, R., Funk, W.D., and Greider, C.W. (1996). Reconstitution of human telomerase activity and identification of a minimal functional region of the human telomerase RNA. EMBO J 15, 5928-5935. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00979.x

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Collins, K., and Greider, C.W. (1993). Tetrahymena telomerase catalyzes nucleolytic cleavage and nonprocessive elongation. Genes Dev 7, 1364-1376. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.7.7b.1364

Levy, M.Z., Allsopp, R.C., Futcher, A.B., Greider, C.W., and Harley, C.B. (1992). Telomere end-replication problem and cell aging. J Mol Biol 225, 951-960. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(92)90096-3

Counter, C.M., Avilion, A.A., LeFeuvre, C.E., Stewart, N.G., Greider, C.W., Harley, C.B., and Bacchetti, S. (1992). Telomere shortening associated with chromosome instability is arrested in immortal cells which express telomerase activity. EMBO J 11, 1921-1929. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05245.x

Avilion, A.A., Harrington, L.A., and Greider, C.W. (1992). Tetrahymena telomerase RNA levels increase during macronuclear development. Dev Genet 13, 80-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvg.1020130113

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