The association between telomerase activity and expression of its RNA component (hTR) in breast cancer patients: The importance of DNase treatment

Journal of Carcinogenesis

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hosseini Asl, Saied ^a   Modarressi, Mohammad H ^a   Atri, Morteza ^a   Salhab, Mohamed ^b   Mokbel, Kefah ^b   Mehdipour, Parvin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; TELOMERE; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

EID: 33745642427     PISSN: 14773163     EISSN: 14773163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3163-5-17     Document Type: Article

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