Telomere shortening and the population size-dependency of life span of human cell culture: Further implication for two proliferation-restricting telomeres

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 831-842

  Tan, Zheng ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Computer simulation; Life span; Proliferation restricting telomere; Proliferative potential; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032713323     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(99)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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