Telomerase: Regulation, function and transformation

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Dong, Carolyn K ^a,b   Masutomi, Kenkichi ^a,b,c   Hahn, William C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Senescence; Telomerase; Telomere; Transformation

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 17544363938     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2004.12.005     Document Type: Review

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