Targeted inhibition of telomerase in human cancer: Will it be a double-edged sword?

Onkologie

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-26

  Sasgary, S ^a   Wieser, M ^a   Cerni, C ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

ALT; hTERT; Immortalization; myc; Telomerase; Telomerase in cancer; Telomeres; Telomeric repeats

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035077172     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050277     Document Type: Review

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