The association of telomere length and genetic variation in telomere biology genes

Human Mutation

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1050-1058

  Mirabello, Lisa ^a   Yu, Kai ^a   Kraft, Peter ^b   De Vivo, Immaculata ^c   Hunter, David J ^b,c   Prescott, Jennifer ^c   Wong, Jason Y Y ^c   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^d   Savage, Sharon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP; Telomere biology; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHIONINE; MRE11 PROTEIN; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA 1 PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OVARY CANCER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 77956291006     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: 10981004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.21314     Document Type: Article

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