Open AccessTelomeres come up short in heart regeneration
Author(s) -
Ben Short
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.2135if
Subject(s) - telomere , biology , regeneration (biology) , cell cycle , microbiology and biotechnology , mammalian heart , cell , genetics , dna
Cardiomyocyte telomeres erode after birth, inducing a cell-cycle arrest that limits the heart’s capacity for regeneration.
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