Telomere dynamics and telomerase activity in cell senescence and cancer

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-39

  Bacchetti, Silvia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Proliferative potential; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002888471     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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