Long telomeres: Too much of a good thing

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-393

  Chang, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

telomerase; telomere length regulation; telomere rapid deletion; telomeres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949186995     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2012-0009     Document Type: Article

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