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Small scale genetic alterations contribute to increased mutability at the X-linked Hprt locus in vivo in Blm hypomorphic mice.
DNA repair - 4 May 2010
Tereshchenko Irina V, Chen Yanping, McDaniel Lisa D, Schultz Roger A, Tischfield Jay A, Shao Changshun
Abstract excerpt
BLM, the gene mutated in Bloom syndrome (BS), encodes an ATP-dependent RecQ DNA helicase that is involved in the resolution of Holliday junctions, in the suppression of crossovers and in the management of damaged replication forks. Cells from BS patients have a characteristically high level of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), and increased chromosomal aberrations. Fibroblasts and lymphocytes of BS patients also...
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