Telomeres and Aging in the Yeast Model System

Handbook of Models for Human Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 191-205

  Runge, Kurt W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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