Human lymphocyte telomerase is genetically regulated

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 124-130

  Kosciolek, Barbara A ^a   Rowley, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; DNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TELOMERASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERASE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031915566     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199802)21:2<124::AID-GCC8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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