Elevated expression of hTERT is associated with dysplastic cell transformation during human oral carcinogenesis in situ

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3079-3086

  Kim, H R ^a   Christensen, R ^a   Park, N H ^a,a   Sapp, P ^a   Kang, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DYSPLASIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0034798128     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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