Age-related telomere shortening occurs in lens epithelium from old rats and is slowed by caloric restriction

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-228

  Pendergrass, W R ^a   Penn, P E ^a   Li, J ^a   Wolf, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caloric restriction; Cataract; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Lens; Oxidative damage; Peptide nucleic acid; Rats; Telomere

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL DIVISION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034769611     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1033     Document Type: Article

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