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Telomere Shortening

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027770

Telomere Shortening occurs every time linear eukaryotic chromosomes are replicated due to premature stoppage of the DNA polymerase complex in the highly repetitive telomere DNA region several hundred bases before the end of a chromosome.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027770
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027770",
  "term": "Telomere Shortening",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Telomere Shortening occurs every time linear eukaryotic chromosomes are replicated due to premature stoppage of the DNA polymerase complex in the highly repetitive telomere DNA region several hundred bases before the end of a chromosome.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/telomere-shortening/"
}

Record 27,770 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.