Differential telomerase activity, expression of the telomerase catalytic sub-unit and telomerase-RNA in ovarian tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 426-431

  Park, Tjoung Won ^a,b   Riethdorf, Sabine ^a   Riethdorf, Lutz ^a   Löning, Thomas ^a   Jänicke, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0032767543     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990820)84:4<426::AID-IJC17>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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