Background and Objectives: Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein that synthesizes telomeric DNA. Immortalized and carcinoma cells show no loss of telomere length during cell division. Telomerase activity has been demonstrated in carcinomas of various organs, but not in nonneoplastic tissues. In patients
Detection of telomerase activity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and normal esophageal epithelium
β Scribed by M. Ikeguchi; H. Unate; M. Maeta; N. Kaibara
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 384
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-2451
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