Mutations in the reverse transcriptase component of telomerase (TERT) in patients with bone marrow failure

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-136

  Savage, Sharon A ^a   Stewart, Brian J ^a   Weksler, Babette B ^b   Baerlocher, Gabriela M ^c,d   Lansdorp, Peter M ^c   Chanock, Stephen J ^a   Alter, Blanche P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CASE REPORT; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; BONE MARROW DISEASES; DNA; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; EXONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERASE;

EID: 33748776816     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2006.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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