Expression of the RNA component of human telomerase in adult testicular germ cell neoplasia

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1802-1811

  Delgado, Ruby ^a   Rathi, Asha ^b   Albores Saavedra, Jorge ^a   Gazdar, Adi F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Human telomerase; Neoplasm; Telomerase; Testis

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RNA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELOMERASE; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033229731     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991101)86:9<1802::AID-CNCR23>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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