Expression of telomerase activity, human telomerase RNA, and telomerase reverse transcriptase in gastric adenocarcinomas

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 700-707

  Yoo, Jinyoung ^a   Park, Sonya Y ^a   Kang, Seok Jin ^a   Kim, Byung Kee ^a   Shim, Sang In ^a   Kang, Chang Suk ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

hTR; Stomach cancer; Telomerase; TERT

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; PARAFFIN; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; THYMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0038784554     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000077517.44687.B6     Document Type: Article

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