Telomerase activity and the expression of telomerase components in acute myelogenous leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1367-1375

  Xu, Dawei ^a   Gruber, Astrid ^a   Peterson, Curt ^a   Pisa, Pavel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AML; hTERT; hTR; Telomerase activity; Telomerase components

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; S PHASE; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031697244     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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