hTERT promoter polymorphism, -1327C>T, is associated with the risk of epithelial cancer

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Iizuka, Toshihiko ^a,b   Sawabe, Motoji ^c,d   Takubo, Kaiyo ^a   Liu, Miao ^a   Homma, Yukio ^e,f   Suzuki, Motofumi ^e   Arai, Tomio ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer susceptibility; Genetic polymorphism; hTERT; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878784898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-249     Document Type: Article

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