Telomere reduction in human colorectal carcinoma and with ageing

N D Hastie; Maureen Dempster; Malcolm G. Dunlop; Alastair M. Thompson; Daryll K. Green; Robin C. Allshire

doi:10.1038/346866a0

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TelomereTelomeraseCarcinogenesisBiologySomatic cellAgeingColorectal cancerCancer researchChromosome instabilityGenome instabilityPathologyChromosomeGeneticsCancerDNAMedicineDNA damageGene

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Year: 1990
Type: article
Volume: 346
Issue: 6287
Pages: 866-868
Citations: 1664
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                                    N D Hastie, 
                                
                                    Maureen Dempster, 
                                
                                    Malcolm G. Dunlop
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            Telomere reduction in human colorectal carcinoma and with ageing. 
                            Nature
                            , 346
                            (6287)
                            , 866-868.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/346866a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/346866a0