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NBS1 and its functional role in the DNA damage response.
DNA repair - 1 Jan 2000
Kobayashi Junya, Antoccia Antonio, Tauchi Hiroshi, Matsuura Shinya, Komatsu Kenshi
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome is a recessive genetic disorder, characterized by elevated sensitivity to ionizing radiation, chromosome instability and high frequency of malignancies. Since cellular features partly overlap with those of ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), NBS was long considered an A-T clinical variant. NBS1, the product of the gene underlying the disease, contains three functional regions: the...
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