Short telomeres on human chromosome 17p

Telomeres shorten during ageing of human fibroblasts

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A highly conserved repetitive DNA sequence, (TTAGGG)n, present at the telomeres of human chromosomes.

Robert K. Moyzis, Judy M. Buckingham, L. Scott Cram et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Telomere Shortening and Tumor Formation by Mouse Cells Lacking Telomerase RNA

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Chromosome 17 Deletions and p53 Gene Mutations in Colorectal Carcinomas

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Telomere reduction in human colorectal carcinoma and with ageing

N D Hastie, Maureen Dempster, Malcolm G. Dunlop et al. · Nature · 1990 · 1.7K citations

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