Association of TERT promoter mutations with telomerase expression in melanoma

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2016 May;29(3):391-3. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12471.

Authors

Seungjae Lee¹, Patricia Opresko², Alberto Pappo³, John M Kirkwood⁴, Armita Bahrami¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
² Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
³ Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁴ Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Base Sequence
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Humans
Melanoma / enzymology*
Melanoma / genetics*
Mutation / genetics*
Promoter Regions, Genetic*
RNA, Messenger / genetics
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Telomerase / genetics
Telomerase / metabolism*

Substances

RNA, Messenger
TERT protein, human
Telomerase

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