Telomere biology and biochemistry

Cellular Senescence and Tumor Suppression

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-43

  Gardano, Laura ^a   Harrington, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1075-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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