Characterisation of telomerase immortalised normal human oesophageal squamous cells

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Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-333

  Morales, C P ^a   Gandia, K G ^a   Ramirez, R D ^a   Wright, W E ^b   Shay, J W ^b   Spechler, S J ^a  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVOLUCRIN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESOPHAGUS; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MICE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROVIRIDAE; TELOMERASE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037369703     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.52.3.327     Document Type: Article

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