Telomere attrition due to infection.

<h4>Background</h4>Telomeres--the terminal caps of chromosomes--become shorter as individuals age, and there is much interest in determining what causes telomere attrition since this process may play a role in biological aging. The leading hypothesis is that telomere attrition is due to...

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Main Authors: Petteri Ilmonen, Alexander Kotrschal, Dustin J Penn
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f110c4e00d354c819fe8a0e8c0deed06
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