Why use telomerized cells for organ transplantation?

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-14

  Flanary, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE;

AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL AGING; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

EUKARYOTA;

CELL AGING; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; REJUVENATION; TELOMERE; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 3843051393     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154916804323105044     Document Type: Short Survey

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