Telomere dysfunction and genome instability

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2181-2196

  Frias, Cristina ^a   Pampalona, Judit ^a   Genesca, Anna ^a   Tusell, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaphase bridges; Aneuploidy; BFB cycles; Chromosome instability; DNA damage response; DSBs; Review; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84860487358     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4044     Document Type: Review

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