Analysis of the age of Panax ginseng based on telomere length and telomerase activity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 7985-

  Liang, Jiabei ^a,b   Jiang, Chao ^a,c   Peng, Huasheng ^a   Shi, Qinghua ^d   Guo, Xiang ^d   Yuan, Yuan ^a   Huang, Luqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENETICS; METABOLISM; PANAX; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; PANAX; PLANT PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84923086503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07985     Document Type: Article

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