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Structural and mutational analysis of the SBDS protein family. Insight into the leukemia-associated Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 May 2005
Shammas Camille, Menne Tobias F, Hilcenko Christine, Michell Stephen R, Goyenechea Beatriz, Boocock Graeme R B, Durie Peter R, Rommens Johanna M, Warren Alan J
Abstract excerpt
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bone marrow failure with significant predisposition to the development of poor prognosis myelodysplasia and leukemia, exocrine pancreatic failure and metaphyseal chondrodysplasia. Although the SBDS gene mutated in this disorder is highly conserved in Archaea and all eukaryotes, the function is unknown. To interpret the molecular...
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