Telomerase activation and cancer

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-49

  Klingelhutz, Aloysius J ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; human papillomavirus; telomerase; telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME; TELOMERASE;

CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; WART VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0031023664     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050085     Document Type: Review

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