Nature Genetics 33, 114 - 116 (2003)
doi:10.1038/ng0203-114
Surprise endingJohn M. Sedivy1, Dorothy E. Shippen2
& Eugene V. Shakirov21
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA. John_Sedivy@brown.edu. 2
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dorothy E. Shippen dshippen@tamu.edu As the caps of chromosomes, telomeres are essential for genome integrity and stability. A highly accurate method for measuring the length of a single human telomere has been developed and reveals previously unrecognized variation in telomere length.
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