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Multiple involvement of oxidative stress in Werner syndrome phenotype.
Biogerontology - 1 Jan 2005
Pagano Giovanni, Zatterale Adriana, Degan Paolo, d'Ischia Marco, Kelly Frank J, Pallardó Federico V, Kodama Seiji
Abstract excerpt
Werner syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by early ageing, excess cancer risk, high incidence of type II diabetes mellitus, early atherosclerosis, ocular cataracts, and osteoporosis. The protein encoded by the defective gene, WRN (WRNp) associates with three activities, that is, a RecQ DNA helicase, 3'-5'-exonuclease and ATPase activities. By highlighting the DNA helicase activity, a widespread consensus...
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