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Triallelic and epigenetic-like inheritance in human disorders of telomerase.
Blood - 9 Jul 2015
Collopy Laura C, Walne Amanda J, Cardoso Shirleny, de la Fuente Josu, Mohamed Mahfuzah, Toriello Helga, Tamary Hannah, Ling Adam J Y V, Lloyd Timothy, Kassam Rebecca, Tummala Hemanth, Vulliamy Thomas J, Dokal Inderjeet
Abstract excerpt
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) and related diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by impaired telomere maintenance, known collectively as the telomeropathies. Disease-causing variants have been identified in 10 telomere-related genes including the reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the RNA component (TERC) of the telomerase complex. Variants in TERC and TERT can impede telomere elongation...
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