hTERT gene copy number is not associated with hTERT RNA expression or telomerase activity in colorectal cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Palmqvist, Richard ^a   Zhang, Anju ^b   Xu, Dawei ^b   Golovleva, Irina ^a   Norrback, Karl Fredrik ^a   Gruber, Astrid ^b   Öberg, Åke ^a   Stenling, Roger ^a   Roos, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HTERT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

ANEUPLOIDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RNA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 22244461126     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21020     Document Type: Article

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