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Mutations of the SLX4 gene in Fanconi anemia.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2011
Kim Yonghwan, Lach Francis P, Desetty Rohini, Hanenberg Helmut, Auerbach Arleen D, Smogorzewska Agata
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia is a rare recessive disorder characterized by genome instability, congenital malformations, progressive bone marrow failure and predisposition to hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. At the cellular level, hypersensitivity to DNA interstrand crosslinks is the defining feature in Fanconi anemia. Mutations in thirteen distinct Fanconi anemia genes have been shown to interfere with the...
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