Telomere length is related to alternative splice patterns of telomerase in thyroid tumors

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1415-1424

  Wang, Yongchun ^a   Meeker, Alan K ^b   Kowalski, Jeanne ^b   Tsai, Hua Ling ^b   Somervell, Helina ^a   Heaphy, Christopher ^b   Sangenario, Lauren E ^a   Prasad, Nijaguna ^a   Westra, William H ^b   Zeiger, Martha A ^a,b   Umbricht, Christopher B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID TUMOR;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052852653     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.05.056     Document Type: Article

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