1997, a good year for telomerase?;1997, une bonne annee pour la telomerase?

Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Gilson, Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cellular immortalization; Chromosome; Telomerase; Telomere; Tumour formation

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TELOMERE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0031939274     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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