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A murine model of Nijmegen breakage syndrome.
Current biology : CB - 16 Apr 2002
Williams Bret R, Mirzoeva Olga K, Morgan William F, Lin Junyu, Dunnick Wesley, Petrini John H J
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by microcephaly, immunodeficiency, and predisposition to hematopoietic malignancy. The clinical and cellular phenotypes of NBS substantially overlap those of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T). NBS is caused by mutation of the NBS1 gene, which encodes a member of the Mre11 complex, a trimeric protein complex also containing Mre11 and...
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