Tumor cells fail to trans-induce telomerase in human umbilical vein endothelial cell cultures

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7702-7705

  Pascale, Esterina ^a   Reale, Graziella Cimino ^b   D'Ambrosio, Ettore ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR GROWTH; UMBILICAL VEIN; UPREGULATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 7444220144     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-1711     Document Type: Article

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