Growth, telomere dynamics and successful and unsuccessful human aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 829-837

  Aviv, Abraham ^a   Levy, Daniel ^b   Mangel, Marc ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Growth; Replication; Somatic cells; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0142122844     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(03)00143-X     Document Type: Article

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