In vivo regulation of hTERT expression and telomerase activity by androgen

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 615-618

  Guo, Chuanhai ^a   Armbruster, Blaine N ^d   Price, David T ^b   Counter, Christopher M ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Regional Urology Inc   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Androgens; Gene expression; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; LUCIFERASE; STEROID HORMONE; TELOMERASE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HTERT GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0038168489     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000074653.22766.c8     Document Type: Article

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