Possible mechanisms for the regulation of telomere length

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 814-825

  Kowald, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA replication; Senescence; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA; YEAST;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0031558776     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1305     Document Type: Article

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