Regulation of hTERT transcription: A target of cellular and viral mechanisms for immortalization and carcinogenesis

Cytotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Horikawa, Izumi ^a   Michishita, Eriko ^a   Barrett, J Carl ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

c Myc; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Immortalization; Oncogenes; Telomerase; Transcriptional regulation; Tumor suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAD1; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE MYC; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 17644398434     PISSN: 09209069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10616-004-5122-4     Document Type: Review

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