MNS16A tandem repeats minisatellite of human telomerase gene: A risk factor for colorectal cancer

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 866-871

  Hofer, Philipp ^a   Baierl, Andreas ^b   Feik, Elisabeth ^a   Führlinger, Gerhard ^a   Leeb, Gernot ^c   Mach, Karl ^c   Holzmann, Klaus ^a   Micksche, Michael ^a   Gsur, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Hospital Oberpullendorf   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 79958227255     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr053     Document Type: Article

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