rRNA

1. Cellular senescence increases rRNA in rat cells.

   “Hence, senescent REF exhibited a higher rRNA synthesis rate when compared to young cells at similar growth rates resulting in the generally observed higher rRNA content (and cell size) of senescent cells.”

   Cellsat similar growth rates

   Copy number, epigenetic state and expression of the rRNA genes in young and senescent rat embryo fibroblasts

   European journal of cell biology·1 Nov 1997

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