DNA damage in telomeres and mitochondria during cellular senescence: Is there a connection?

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7505-7513

  Passos, João F ^a,b   Saretzki, Gabriele ^a   Von Zglinicki, Thomas ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 38049057905     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm893     Document Type: Article

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