Normal human telomeres are not late replicating

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 492-499

  Wright, Woodring E ^a   Tesmer, Valerie M ^a   Liao, Martha L ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; DNA replication; Heterochromatin; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EID: 0033568014     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4602     Document Type: Article

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