Abrupt telomere shortening in normal human fibroblasts

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-242

  Vidaček, Nikolina Škrobot ^a   Ćukušić, Andrea ^a   Ivanković, Milena ^a   Fulgosi, Hrvoje ^a   Huzak, Miljenko ^b   Smith, James R ^c   Rubelj, Ivica ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell senescence; Human fibroblasts; Telomere shortening; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TELOMERE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 76749134212     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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