Complex roles for telomeres and telomerase in breast carcinogenesis

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-41

  Artandi, Steven E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Genomic instability; Mouse model; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CELL; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME REACTIVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TELOMERE; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0038743066     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr553     Document Type: Article

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