Telomerase activity is commonly detected in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1075-1079

  Li, Zhi Hua ^a   Salovaara, Reijo ^b   Aaltonen, Lauri A ^b   Shibata, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0029961006     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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