Telomeres: Influencing the rate of aging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 854, Issue , 1998, Pages 318-327

  Von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN P53; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032409518     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09912.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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