Werner syndrome and its protein: Clinical, cellular and molecular advances

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 124, Issue 10-12, 2003, Pages 1073-1082

  Bohr, Vilhelm A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

AGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0345059205     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.09.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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