ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Most human somatic cells can undergo only a limited number of population doublings in vitro. This exhaustion of proliferative potential, called senescence, can be triggered when telomeres—the ends of linear chromosomes—cannot fulfil their normal protective functions. Here we show ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02118
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