Aging chromosome telomeres: Parallel studies with terminal repeat and telomere associated DNA probes

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-166

  Benn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chromosomes; DNA repeat sequences; Fibroblasts; Hybridization; Lymphocytes; Senescence; Southern blot analysis; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

EID: 0008537021     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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