A common variant in the telomerase RNA component is associated with short telomere length.

A common variant in the telomerase RNA component is associated with short telomere length.

Telomeres shorten as cells divide. This shortening is compensated by the enzyme telomerase. We evaluated the effect of common variants in the telomerase RNA component (TERC) gene on telomere length (TL) in the population-based Health Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study and in two replicati...

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Main Authors: Omer T Njajou, Elizabeth H Blackburn, Ludmila Pawlikowska, Massimo Mangino, Coleen M Damcott, Pui-Yan Kwok, Timothy D Spector, Anne B Newman, Tamara B Harris, Steven R Cummings, Richard M Cawthon, Alan R Shuldiner, Ana M Valdes, Wen-Chi Hsueh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2946401?pdf=render

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