Expression of the rna component of telomerase in wilms tumor and nephrogenic rest recapitulates renal embryogenesis

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 536-542

  Yashima, Kazuo ^b   Maitra, Anirban ^b   Timmons, Charles F ^b   Rogers, Beverly Barton ^b   Pinar, Halit ^b   Shay, Jerry W ^b   Gazdar, Adi F ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; In situ hybridization; Nephrogenic rests; Telomerase; Wilms tumors

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0031949398     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90072-7     Document Type: Article

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