Telomerase activity by TRAP assay and telomerase RNA (hTR) expression are predictive of outcome in neuroblastoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 647-650

  Mi Rim Choi, L ^a   Kim, Nam W ^b   Zuo, Juan Juan ^a   Gerbing, Robert ^c   Stram, Dan ^c   Lukens, John N ^d   Matthay, Katherine K ^e   Seeger, Robert C ^a   Patrick Reynolds, C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

ALT; hTERT; hTR; MYCN; Neuroblastoma; Prognostic marker; Telomerase; TRAP

Indexed keywords

RNA; TELOMERASE;

ASSAY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TELOMERE;

CHILD; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RNA; SURVIVAL RATE; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0033660012     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-911X(20001201)35:6<647::AID-MPO35>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Conference Paper

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