A survey of telomerase activity in human cancer

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 787-791

  Shay, J W ^a   Bacchetti, S ^b  

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

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

current literature; human cancer; survey; telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031010342     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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