A lack of telomeric non-reciprocal recombination (TENOR) may account for the premature proliferation blockade of Werner's syndrome fibroblasts

Biogerontology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 253-273

  Hasenmaile, Stefan ^a,b   Pawelec, Graham ^a   Wagner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALT; Fibrolasts; Non reciprocal recombination; RecQ helicase; Replicative senescence; Telomere; Werner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME; DIPLOIDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0345689332     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026297926975     Document Type: Review

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