Introduction to Telomeres and Telomerase

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 735, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-11

  Songyang, Zhou ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Telomerase; Telomere dysfunction; Telomere interactome; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 79960992472     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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