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A family history of deoxyribonuclease II: surprises from Trichinella spiralis and Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Gene - 13 Feb 2003
MacLea Kyle S, Krieser Ronald J, Eastman Alan
Abstract excerpt
Deoxyribonuclease IIalpha (DNase IIalpha) is an acidic endonuclease found in lysosomes and nuclei, and it is also secreted. Though its Caenorhabditis elegans homolog, NUC-1, is required for digesting DNA of apoptotic cell corpses and dietary DNA, it is not required for viability. However, DNase IIalpha is required in mice for correct development and viability, because undigested cell corpses lead to lesions...
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