Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: Hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination

Aging Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 761-768

  Gomes, Nuno M V ^a,b   Ryder, Oliver A ^c   Houck, Marlys L ^c   Charter, Suellen J ^c   Walker, William ^a,h   Forsyth, Nicholas R ^d   Austad, Steven N ^e   Venditti, Chris ^f,i   Pagel, Mark ^f,g   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Barshop Center for Longevity and Aging Studies   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h M2S Inc   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of telomeres; Immortalization; Replicative aging; Senescence; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL DIVISION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; ENZYME REPRESSION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80052019968     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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