Cancer Letters
Volume 194, Issue 2 , Pages 137-138 , 15 May 2003

Telomeres, telomerase and the cancer cell: an introduction

Received 30 October 2002 ,Accepted 30 October 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0304-3835(02)00700-0

Cancer Letters
Volume 194, Issue 2 , Pages 137-138 , 15 May 2003

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