Short telomeres on human chromosome 17p

Telomeres shorten during ageing of human fibroblasts

Calvin B. Harley, A. B. Futcher, Carol W. Greider · Nature · 1990 · 5.6K citations

Fibrosis, Aging, Longevity +4

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 · 2.3K citations · Full text

Dna, Cytogenetics, Genetics +18

Telomere Shortening and Tumor Formation by Mouse Cells Lacking Telomerase RNA

Marı́a A. Blasco, Han‐Woong Lee, M. Prakash Hande et al. · Cell · 1997 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Chromosome 17 Deletions and p53 Gene Mutations in Colorectal Carcinomas

Suzanne J. Baker, Eric R. Fearon, Janice Nigro et al. · Science · 1989 · 2.1K citations

Tumor Biology, Oncogenic Agent, Medicine +13

Telomere reduction in human colorectal carcinoma and with ageing

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

Medicine, Pathology, Colorectal Cancer +3