Telomere Q-PNA-FISH - Reliable results from stochastic signals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kalajzic, Andrea Cukusic ^a   Vidacek, Nikolina Skrobot ^a   Huzak, Miljenko ^b   Ivankovic, Milena ^a   Rubelj, Ivica ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84898618454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092559     Document Type: Article

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