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Genetic Variation in Telomere Maintenance Genes, Telomere Length and Breast Cancer Risk

BACKGROUND: Telomeres at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes play a critical role in maintaining the integrity and stability of the genome and participate in the initiation of DNA damage/repair responses. METHODS: We performed a case-control study to evaluate the role of three SNPs (TERT-07, TERT-54...

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Autores principales: Shen, Jing, Terry, Mary Beth, Liao, Yuyan, Gurvich, Irina, Wang, Qiao, Senie, Ruby T., Santella, Regina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22970196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044308