Telomeres and telomerase

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Blackburn, Elizabeth Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reverse transcriptase; Telomerase; Telomerase RNA; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TELOMERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; RNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034200846     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.49.59     Document Type: Article

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