Telomerase activity in human acute myelogenous leukemia: Inhibition of telomerase activity by differentiation-inducing agents

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 799-803

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Piatyszek, Mieczyslaw A ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Estey, Elihu ^a   Andreeff, Michael ^a   Deisseroth, Albert B ^a   Wright, Woodring E ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; RETINOIC ACID; TELOMERASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0029953160     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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