Telomere length dynamics in human lymphocyte subpopulations measured by flow cytometry

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 743-747

  Rufer, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Dragowska, Wieslawa ^a,b,c   Thornbury, Gayle ^a,b,c   Roosnek, Eddy ^a,b,c   Lansdorp, Peter M ^a,b,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell analysis; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Peptide nucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUPPRESSOR CELL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031879115     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0898-743     Document Type: Article

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