Stem cell function and maintenance - Ends that matter: Role of telomeres and telomerase

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 641-649

  Saeed, Hamid ^a   Iqtedar, Mehwish ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aging; stem cells; telomerase; telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

AGING; DISEASE; GERM CELL; PHENOTYPE;

CANCER STEM CELL; CELL AGING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFECT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STROMA CELL; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84883186418     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9346-3     Document Type: Review

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