Intramitotic and intraclonal variation in proliferative potential of human diploid cells: Explained by telomere shortening

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-268

  Zheng, Tan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIPLOIDY; MITOSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033591198     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0914     Document Type: Article

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