Preanalytical conditions and DNA isolation methods affect telomere length quantification in whole blood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Tolios, Alexander ^a   Teupser, Daniel ^a   Holdt, Lesca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASM; TELOMERE;

DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84955509231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143889     Document Type: Article

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