Expression of human telomerase subunits in ovarian malignant, borderline and benign tumors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 804-809

  Kyo, Satoru ^a   Kanaya, Taro ^a   Takakura, Masahiro ^a   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Yamashita, Atsuko ^b   Inoue, Hirokazu ^b   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TELOMERASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0033559588     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990315)80:6<804::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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