Telomere and telomerase: To decode 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1233-1238

  Tian Ying, Zhong ^a   Yuan Yuan, Chen ^a   Li Jun, Bi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cancer; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549137305     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00606     Document Type: Article

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