TELOMERE POSITIONAL EFFECTS AND THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR SENESCENCE

被引:237
作者
WRIGHT, WE
SHAY, JW
机构
[1] Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235-9039
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10.1016/0168-9525(92)90232-S
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Normal cells have a limited capacity to proliferate but the molecular clock that regulates the onset of cellular senescence remains unidentified. The ends of chromosomes - telomeres - have been shown to shorten progressively with age in normal cells. Here, we present a working model of how telomeric shortening may induce programmed changes in the regulation of cellular proliferation.
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