Telomeres, telomerase and cancer;Telomeres, telomerase et cancer

Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 963-970

  Soria, Jean Charles ^a   Rixe, Olivier ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Immortality; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; TUMOR PROTEIN;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030703540     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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