Telomerase in human development and cancer

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-270

  Shay, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE;

CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TELOMERE;

AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030829892     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199711)173:2<266::AID-JCP33>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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