A reassessment of the telomere hypothesis of senescence

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 977-984

  Reddel, Roger R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW; TELOMERE; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032407917     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199812)20:12<977::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Review

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