Normal human chromosomes have long G-rich telomeric overhangs at one end

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2801-2809

  Wright, Woodring E ^a   Tesmer, Valerie M ^a   Huffman, Kenneth E ^b   Levene, Stephen D ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cellular senescence; Chromosome structure; DNA replication; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030731928     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.21.2801     Document Type: Article

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