Telomeres II

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-19

  Baird, Duncan M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Senescence; Stem cells; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

AGING; APLASTIC ANEMIA; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TELOMERE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 36849046781     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.10.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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