Telomeres and disease

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2532-2540

  Lansdorp, Peter M ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69949085736     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.172     Document Type: Review

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