Telomerase activity in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Parris, C N ^a   Jezzard, S ^a   Silver, A ^b   MacKie, R ^c   McGregor, J M ^d   Newbold, R F ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Telomerase; Telomere length; Telomeric repeat amplification procedure

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0032889263     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690010     Document Type: Article

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