Gene mutations with characteristic deletions in cord blood T lymphocytes associated with passive maternal exposure to tobacco smoke

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1144-1151

  Finette, B A ^a   O'Neill, J P ^a,b   Vacek, P M ^b   Albertini, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTININE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VDJ RECOMBINASES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031752252     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2640     Document Type: Article

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