Telomere Shortening

Preferred Label : Telomere Shortening;

NCIt 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.;

Details

Origin ID

C21548;

UMLS CUI

C1515263;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Short telomere length [HPO term]
- telomere shortening [MeSH Descriptor]
- telomere shortening [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell or Molecular Dysfunction [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- telomere shortening [MeSH concept]
- telomere shortening [MeSH Descriptor]

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