Publication Date:
2013-07-28
Description:
Article Reactivation of telomerase has been implicated in human tumorigenesis. Here, somatic mutations in the TERT promoter are reported in cancers of the central nervous system, bladder, follicular cell-derived thyroid and melanoma, thus demonstrating that TERT promoter mutations are a frequent event in human cancer. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3185 Authors: João Vinagre, Ana Almeida, Helena Pópulo, Rui Batista, Joana Lyra, Vasco Pinto, Ricardo Coelho, Ricardo Celestino, Hugo Prazeres, Luis Lima, Miguel Melo, Adriana Gaspar da Rocha, Ana Preto, Patrícia Castro, Ligia Castro, Fernando Pardal, José Manuel Lopes, Lúcio Lara Santos, Rui Manuel Reis, José Cameselle-Teijeiro, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Jorge Lima, Valdemar Máximo, Paula Soares
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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