Decreased telomere length in metaphase and interphase cells from newborns with trisomy 21

Gene

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-

  Wenger, Sharon L ^a   Hansroth, Joseph ^b   Shackelford, Amy L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; LIFESPAN; METAPHASE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; TRISOMY 21;

DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84897511345     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.03.019     Document Type: Letter

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