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Excess F-actin mechanically impedes mitosis leading to cytokinesis failure in X-linked neutropenia by exceeding Aurora B kinase error correction capacity.
Blood - 1 Nov 2012
Moulding Dale A, Moeendarbary Emad, Valon Leo, Record Julien, Charras Guillaume T, Thrasher Adrian J
Abstract excerpt
The constitutively active mutant of the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (CA-WASp) is the cause of X-linked neutropenia and is linked with genomic instability and myelodysplasia. CA-WASp generates abnormally high levels of cytoplasmic F-actin through dysregulated activation of the Arp2/3 complex...
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