Telomere Length Among the Elderly and Oldest-Old
Telomere Length Among the Elderly and Oldest-Old
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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English
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Human chromosomes terminate in a number of repeats of the sequence TTAGGG. At birth, each chromosome end is equipped with approximately 15 kb of telomere sequence, but this sequence is shortened during each cell division. In cell cultures telomere shortening is associated with senescence, a phenomenon that has also been observed in normal adult tis...
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Telomere Length Among the Elderly and Oldest-Old
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68673117
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68673117
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1832-4274
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1839-2628
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10.1375/twin.8.5.425
