Telomere biology in aging and cancer

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Wright, Woodring E ^a,b   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Cellular senescence; Replicative aging; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TELOMERASE;

AGING; CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RISK; CELL AGING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; REJUVENATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; NEOPLASMS; REJUVENATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 27744512837     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53492.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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