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How Fanconi anemia proteins promote the four Rs: replication, recombination, repair, and recovery.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Thompson Larry H, Hinz John M, Yamada N Alice, Jones Nigel J
Abstract excerpt
The genetically complex disease Fanconi anemia (FA) comprises cancer predisposition, developmental defects, and bone marrow failure due to elevated apoptosis. The FA cellular phenotype includes universal sensitivity to DNA crosslinking damage, symptoms of oxidative stress, and reduced mutability at the X-linked HPRT gene. In this review article, we present a new heuristic molecular model that accommodates these...
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