In situ analysis of changes in telomere size during replicative aging and cell transformation

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Henderson, Scott ^a,d   Allsopp, Richard ^b,c   Spector, David ^a   Wang, Sy Shi ^b   Harley, Calvin ^b  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030006735     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.1.1     Document Type: Article

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