Measurement of Telomerase Activity in Dog Tumors

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1125-1129

  Yazawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Okuda, Masaru ^c   Setoguchi, Asuka ^a   Nishimura, Ryohei ^a   Sasaki, Nobuo ^a   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^b   Watari, Toshihiro ^a   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Canine; Telomerase; Tumor; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

PRIMER DNA; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; NEOPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; MALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033210187     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.1125     Document Type: Article

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