Telomere states and cell fates

Elizabeth H. Blackburn ()
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Elizabeth H. Blackburn: University of California San Francisco

Nature, 2000, vol. 408, issue 6808, 53-56

Abstract: Abstract Telomere length has frequently been used as a means to predict the future life of cells. But by itself it can be a poor indicator of ageing or cell viability. What, then, is the important property of a telomere? Here recent findings are integrated into a new, probabilistic view of the telomere to explain how and when it can signal not only its own fate but also that of a cell.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35040500

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