Comparison of the telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) to the new TRAP-eze telomerase detection kit

Methods in Cell Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Holt, Shawn E ^a   Norton, James C ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cellular immortality; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELOMERE; TUMOR;

EID: 0029856991     PISSN: 13815741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00132889     Document Type: Article

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