Telomerase reverse transcriptase in the regulation of gene expression

BMB Reports

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Zhou, Junzhi ^a   Ding, Deqiang ^a   Wang, Miao ^a   Cong, Yu Sheng ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; RMRP NON CODING RNA, HUMAN; RMRP NON-CODING RNA, HUMAN; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NF-KAPPA B; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84893345584     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2014.47.1.284     Document Type: Short Survey

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