Counting divisions in a human somatic cell tree: How, what and why?

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Shibata, Darryl ^a   Tavaré, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Common ancestor; Endometrium; Epigenetic; Methylation; Mitotic age; Molecular clock; Niche; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CPG ISLAND; EPIGENETICS; GENEALOGY; GENOME; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MITOSIS; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33645285270     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.6.2570     Document Type: Review

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