Quantitative theory of telomere length regulation and cellular senescence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5387-5392

  Rodriguez Brenes, Ignacio A ^a   Peskin, Charles S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; TELOMERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOMATIC CELL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; TELOMERE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL AGING; CELL LINE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

EID: 77950418311     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914502107     Document Type: Article

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