Expression and distribution of human telomerase catalytic component, hTERT, in human breast tissues

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6 C, 2002, Pages 4101-4107

  Yano, Yasuo ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiro ^a   Osaki, Akihiko ^a   Toge, Tetsuya ^a   Tahara, Hidetoshi ^b   Ide, Toshinori ^b   Yasui, Wataru ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Non invasive detection of cancer; Telomerase activity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION PROTECTION ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0036875798     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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