Telomeres, telomerase and cancer: Is the magic bullet real?

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 511-516

  Sharma, Harsh W ^a   Maltese, Jean Yves ^a   Zhu, Xueli ^a   Kaiser, Hans E ^b   Narayanan, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b Intl Soc Stud Compar Oncol   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chromosomes; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0029921863     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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