Expression of human telomerase subunits and correlation with telomerase activity in cervical cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1558-1561

  Takakura, Masahiro ^a   Kyo, Satoru ^a   Kanaya, Taro ^a   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032054313     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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