Inhibition of telomerase activity in human cancer cells by RNA interference

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-216

  Kosciolek, Barbara A ^a   Kalantidis, Kriton ^b   Tabler, Martin ^b   Rowley, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE RNA;

ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TELOMERE;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0347904503     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: 15388514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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