Telomeric Repeats of Immortal Hamster Cells

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-320

  Serakinci, Nedime ^a   Koch, Jorn ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hamster; PNA FISH; PRINS; Telomeric sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644463205     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: 13036165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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