Telomere shortening in human fibroblasts is not dependent on the size of the telomeric-3′-overhang

Aging Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 103-109

  Keys, Barbara ^b   Serra, Violeta ^a   Saretzki, Gabriele ^b   von Zglinicki, Thomas ^b  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Human; Overhangs; Oxidative stress; Senescence; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DONOR; FIBROBLAST; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MEASUREMENT; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 10944250780     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9728.2004.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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