hTERT mRNA partially regulates telomerase activity in gastric adenocarcinoma and adjacent normal gastric mucosa

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1299-1303

  Barclay, J Y ^a   Morris, A G ^a   Nwokolo, C U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric adenocarcinoma; hTERT mRNA; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH MUCOSA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23044433333     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2776-5     Document Type: Article

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