Telomeres, telomerase, and aging: Origin of the theory

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-448

  Olovnikov, Alexey M ^a  

^a EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; DNA end underreplication problem; Hayflick Limit; Marginotomy; Normal cells; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030177489     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(96)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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