Telomeres: the long and short of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Noy, Ariela · Clin Cancer Res · 2009

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Abstract

Chromosomal integrity is vital to the life span of the dividing cell. Telomeres are tandem sequences at chromosome ends that provide protection for the genetic coding material. Erosion of those ends leads to cell death. Does stabilization promote cancer?

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