Expression of telomerase catalytic component, telomerase reverse transcriptase, in human gastric carcinomas

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1099-1103

  Yasui, Wataru ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^a   Tahara, Eiji ^a   Fujimoto, Junya ^a   Nakayama, Jun Ichi ^b   Ishikawa, Fuyuki ^b   Ide, Toshinori ^a   Tahara, Eiichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric carcinoma; Telomerase catalytic component; TERT

Indexed keywords

MARKER; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOSA; MUCOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032416544     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00502.x     Document Type: Article

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