Telomere biology in stem cells and reprogramming

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-88

  Batista, Luis F Z ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ES cells; iPS cells; Pluripotency; Reprogramming; Self renewal; Stem cells; Telomerase; Telomere; TERT

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; MUTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; ADULT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84903849293     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: 18780814     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397898-1.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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