Real-time PCR quantification of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in colorectal cancer

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Saleh, Said ^a   Lam, Alfred King Yin ^b   Ho, Yik Hong ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Colorectal; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36448930834     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701716425     Document Type: Article

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