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Anomalous electrophoretic migration of newly synthesized ribosomal RNAs and their precursors from cells with DKC1 mutations.
FEBS letters - 17 Sept 2009
Gu Bai-Wei, Zhao Chunjun, Fan Jian-Meng, Dai Qing, Bessler Monica, Mason Philip J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the X-linked gene, DKC1, encoding dyskerin, cause dyskeratosis congenita by leading to decreased telomerase activity and causing short telomeres. Dyskerin is also a pseudouridine synthase that modifies nascent ribosomal and other RNAs and it is not known if this function is affected...
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