Telomeres, aging, and plants: From weeds to Methuselah - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Watson, J Mathew ^a   Riha, Karel ^a  

^a GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Leaf senescence; Meristem; Perennials; Plants; Seed longevity; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; LEAF SENESCENCE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PLANT WEEDS; TELOMERE; TREES;

EID: 79951555130     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310174     Document Type: Review

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