Telomerase activity and human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA expression in soft tissue tumors: Correlation with grade, histology, and proliferative activity

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3166-3170

  Yan, Pu ^a   Coindre, Jean Michel ^b   Benhattar, Jean ^a   Bosman, Fredrik T ^a   Guillou, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033168057     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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