Expression of a telomerase-associated gene in normal, atrophic, and tumorous testes

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-220

  Mei, Fang ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Tang, Zhi Wei ^a   Hou, Lin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Immunohistochemistry; Telomerase transcriptional elements interacting factor; Testis

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS TUMOR;

ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; SEMINOMA; TELOMERASE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 26944463475     PISSN: 10019294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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