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Nijmegen breakage syndrome.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2007
Kondratenko Irina, Paschenko Olga, Polyakov Alexandr, Bologov Andrey
Abstract excerpt
Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease, characterized by microcephaly, growth retardation, immunodeficiency, chromosome instability, radiation sensitivity, and a strong predisposition to lymphoid malignancy. The gene responsible for the development of this syndrome (NBS1) was mapped on chromosome 8q21. The product of this gene--nibrin--is a protein with 95 kDa molecular weight...
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