Attenuation of telomerase activity does not increase sensitivity of human melanoma cells to anticancer agents

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2137-2145

  Folini, M ^a   De Marco, C ^a   Orlandi, L ^a   Daidone, M G ^a   Zaffaroni, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Drug sensitivity; Melanoma cells; Ribozyme; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BBR 3464; CISPLATIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; OXALIPLATIN; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOZYME; RNA; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TAXOL; TAXOTERE; TELOMERASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033815904     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00295-1     Document Type: Article

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