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Werner syndrome: genetic and molecular basis of a premature aging disorder.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Jun 2001
Lebel M
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome (WS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by genomic instability and by the premature onset of a number of age-related diseases, including cancers. The gene responsible for WS encodes a protein that has an exonuclease domain and a domain similar to DNA helicases of the RecQ-like subfamily. Accumulating evidence indicates that the WS gene product is involved in resolving aberrant...
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