Expression of TERT in early premalignant lesions and a subset of cells in normal tissues.

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Published in Nat Genet on June 01, 1998

Authors

K A Kolquist1, L W Ellisen, C M Counter, M Meyerson, L K Tan, R A Weinberg, D A Haber, W L Gerald

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1: Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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