Cellular senescence as a tumor-protection mechanism: The essential role of counting

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-103

  Wright, W E ^a   Shay, J W ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; FIBROBLAST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0035253719     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00163-5     Document Type: Review

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