Quantitative reevaluation of telomerase activity in cancerous and noncancerous gastrointestinal tissues

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 312-320

  Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a   Tahara, Eiji ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^a   Yasui, Wataru ^a   Tahara, Eiichi ^a   Ide, Toshinori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tissue; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase expression; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; TELOMERASE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032754484     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2744(199912)26:4<312::AID-MC10>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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