Telomerase activity in thymomas and mammary gland adenocarcinomas induced by Polyoma virus in AKR mice

Medicina

Volumn 58, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 497-500

  Otero, Javier ^a   Sanjuan, Norberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mammary gland adenocarcinoma; Polyoma; Telomerase; Thymoma; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYOMA VIRUS; THYMOMA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYOMAVIRUS; TELOMERASE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032254128     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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