Erosion of the telomeric single-strand overhang at replicative senescence

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 492-496

  Stewart, Sheila A ^a   Ben Porath, Ittai ^a   Carey, Vincent J ^b   O'Connor, Benjamin F ^a   Hahn, William C ^c   Weinberg, Robert A ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DENSITOMETRY; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0037382414     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1127     Document Type: Article

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