Erosion of telomeric single-stranded overhang in patients with aplastic anaemia carrying telomerase complex mutations

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1025-1032

  Calado, R T ^a,b   Regal, J A ^a   Kajigaya, S ^a   Young, N S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; Dyskeratosis congenita; Mutation; Telomerase; Telomere; Telomeric overhang

Indexed keywords

DNA; TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LUNG FIBROSIS; NON DENATURING IN GEL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SINGLE STRANDED OVERHANG TELOMERE; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; TELOMERE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE LIGATION ASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349970534     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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