The shortest telomere, not average telomere length, is critical for cell viability and chromosome stability

Cell

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-77

  Hemann, Michael T ^a   Strong, Margaret A ^a   Hao, Ling Yang ^a   Greider, Carol W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC STABILITY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECTROSCOPY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035812845     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00504-9     Document Type: Article

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