Accelerated telomere shortening in fibroblasts after extended periods of confluency

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 885-893

  Sitte, Nicolle ^a   Saretzki, Gabriele ^a   Von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA damage; Fibroblasts; Free radical; Hayflick limit; Oxidative stress; S1 nuclease; Senescence; Single strand breaks; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; FREE RADICAL; NUCLEASE S1; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0032054781     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00363-8     Document Type: Article

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