Major cutbacks at chromosome ends

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 388-395

  Lansdorp, Peter M ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE;

CANCER CELL; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 21744462548     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2005.05.004     Document Type: Review

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