Comparison of telomere length measurement methods

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 1741, 2018, Pages

  Lai, Tsung Po ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Q FISH; Q PCR; STELA; TeSLA; TRF

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CELL; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; CELL AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85040674898     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0451     Document Type: Review

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