Association of newly identified genetic variant rs2853677 of TERT with non-small cell lung cancer and leukemia in population of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract Background Telomere genetics has recently been emerged as an important field in molecular oncology. Various genome-wide association studies in different population groups have revealed that polymorphisms in Telomere maintenance gene (TERT) gene located on 5p15.33 is associated with suscepti...

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Main Authors: Gh. Rasool Bhat, Amrita Bhat, Sonali Verma, Itty Sethi, Ruchi Shah, Varun Sharma, Khursheed A. Dar, Deepak Abrol, Subiya Kaneez, Sandeep Kaul, Ramesh Ganju, Rakesh Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5685-2