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Loss of cytoplasmic retention ability of mutant LKB1 found in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome patients.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 11 Aug 1999
Nezu J, Oku A, Shimane M
Abstract excerpt
LKB1 Serine/Threonine (ST) kinase (also called STK11) originally identified in our novel protein kinase search project has recently been recognized as a susceptibility gene of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS; MIM 175200). PJS is a dominantly inherited human disorder which is characterized by gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis and mucocutaneous melanin pigmentation. Since PJS patients also show a predisposition...
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