Preferential accumulation of single-stranded regions in telomeres of human fibroblasts

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 152-160

  Petersen, Simone ^a   Saretzki, Gabriele ^a   Von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA damage; End replication problem; Fibroblasts; Single strand break; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; DNA MINISATELLITE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; NUCLEASE S1; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031821009     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3893     Document Type: Article

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