Hypermethylation of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene correlates with telomerase activity

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-341

  Guilleret, Isabelle ^a   Yan, Pu ^a   Grange, Fabienne ^a   Braunschweig, Richard ^a   Bosman, Fred T ^a   Benhattar, Jean ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; HTERT; Microdissection; Telomerase; TRAP assay

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036782079     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10593     Document Type: Article

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