Lagomorphs (rabbits, pikas and hares) do not use telomere-directed replicative aging in vitro

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 685-691

  Forsyth, Nicholas R ^a,c   Elder, Frederick F B ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Lagomorpha; Rabbits; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HARE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LAGOMORPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELOMERE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; HARES; RABBITS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 18844388389     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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