Sizing the ends: Normal length of human telomeres

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 284-291

  Samassekou, Oumar ^a   Gadji, Macoura ^a   Drouin, Régen ^a   Yan, Ju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative lengthening of telomeres; Heredity of telomeres; Telomerase; Telomere length heterogeneity; Telomere measurements

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; METABOLISM; TELOMERE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA; HUMANS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 77956615870     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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