The correlation between telomerase activity and BaX/BcL-2 ratio in valproic acid-treated MCF-7 breast cancer cell line

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 700-704

  Vafaiyan, Zahra ^a   Gharaei, Roghaye ^a   Asadi, Jahanbakhsh ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; MCF 7; Telomerase; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

NEUTRAL RED; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TELOMERASE; VALPROIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LC50; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MICROPLATE READER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

EID: 84938302015     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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