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Cellular Werner phenotypes in mice expressing a putative dominant-negative human WRN gene.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Wang L, Ogburn C E, Ware C B, Ladiges W C, Youssoufian H, Martin G M, Oshima J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at the Werner helicase locus (WRN) are responsible for the Werner syndrome (WS). WS patients prematurely develop an aged appearance and various age-related disorders. We have generated transgenic mice expressing human WRN with a putative dominant-negative mutation (K577M-WRN). Primary tail fibroblast cultures from K577M-WRN mice showed three characteristics of WS cells: hypersensitivity to...
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