Evidence for cellular aging in long term confluent cultures: Heritable impairment of proliferation, accumulation of age pigments and their loss in neoplastic transformation

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-183

  Chow, Ming ^a   Rubin, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lipofuscin; Residual bodies; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GROWTH RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0030605947     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01744-7     Document Type: Article

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