Telomerase activation during the linear evolution of human fibroblasts to tumorigenicity in nude mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2631-2634

  Montalto, Michael C ^a   Andrew Ray, F ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TELOMERASE;

EID: 12644258520     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.12.2631     Document Type: Article

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