Telomeres and disease

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-235

  Royle, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE MODEL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0029844367     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199611)180:3<233::AID-PATH675>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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