Trinucleotide repeats are prevalent among cancer-related genes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Haberman, Yael ^a   Amariglio, Ninette ^a   Rechavi, Gideon ^a   Eisenberg, Eli ^b  

^a Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 11Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MUTAGENESIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENOME; HUMANS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 37449023721     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.09.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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