Meta-analysis combining new and existing data sets confirms that the TERT-CLPTM1L locus influences melanoma risk

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 485-487

  Law, Matthew H ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Brown, Kevin M ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Mann, Graham J ^c   Hayward, Nicholas K ^a   MacGregor, Stuart ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLPTM1 LIKE PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; CANCER RISK; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENESCENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84855958422     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.322     Document Type: Letter

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