The concept of telomeric non-reciprocal recombination (TENOR) applied to human fibroblasts grown in serial cultures: Concordance with genealogical data

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-171

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPLICATION; FIBROBLAST; GENEALOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC NONRECIPROCAL RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 24944510310     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2005.8.154     Document Type: Review

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