DCAF4, a novel gene associated with leucocyte telomere length

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 157-162

  Mangino, Massimo ^a,b   Christiansen, Lene ^c,d   Stone, Rivka ^e   Hunt, Steven C ^f   Horvath, Kent ^e   Eisenberg, Dan T A ^g   Kimura, Masayuki ^e   Petersen, Inge ^c   Kark, Jeremy D ^h   Herbig, Utz ^e   Reiner, Alex P ^g,i   Benetos, Athanase ^j   Codd, Veryan ^k,l   Nyholt, Dale R ^m   Sinnreich, Ronit ^h   Christensen, Kaare ^c,d   Nassar, Hisham ⁿ   Hwang, Shih Jen ^o,p   Levy, Daniel ^o,p   Bataille, Veronique ^a,q   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^g   Chen, Wei ^r   Berenson, Gerald S ^r   Samani, Nilesh J ^k,l   Martin, Nicholas G ^m   Tishkoff, Sarah ^s   Schork, Nicholas J ^t   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^c,d   Dalgård, Christine ^c   Spector, Timothy D ^a   Aviv, Abraham ^e   more..

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

ⁱ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^l Public Health Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ^*  (United Kingdom)

^m QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁿ HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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

^p FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^q WEST HERTFORDSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^r Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^t SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; CARRIER PROTEIN; WDR21A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DCAF4 GENE; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUCOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUN EXPOSURE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84930662982     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102681     Document Type: Article

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