Ups and downs of aging studies in vitro: The crooked path of science

Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Macieira Coelho, A ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Cell immortalization; Cell senescence; Energy transduction; Genetics; Markers; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

AGING; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033973371     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022135     Document Type: Review

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