Tankyrase, a positive regulator of telomere elongation, is over expressed in human breast cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Gelmini, Stefania ^a   Poggesi, Melissa ^a   Distante, Vito ^a   Bianchi, Simonetta ^a   Simi, Lisa ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^a   Casini Raggi, Claudia ^a   Cataliotti, Luigi ^a   Pazzagli, Mario ^a   Orlando, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell immortalization; hTERT; Real time RT PCR; Telomerase; Telomeres; TRF1; TRF2

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TANKYRASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; UPREGULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANKYRASES; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 6944229908     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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