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. 1998 Feb 26;8(5):R178-81.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70105-8.

Telomeres and senescence: the history, the experiment, the future

C W Greider  1
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Telomeres and senescence: the history, the experiment, the future

C W Greider. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Telomere length has been proposed to signal entry into cellular senescence. Expression of the human telomerase subunit, hTERT, in primary cells now shows that these cells bypass senescence.

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